Actor Jay North, who as a child star personified mischief as “Dennis the Menace,” has died. He was 73. His death Sunday after years of contending with colon cancer was announced by longtime ...

He was 73. The actor had been battling colon cancer for years and died at home, according to a social media post shared by sitcom co-star Jeannie Russell. "He had a heart as big as a mountain ...

Jeannie Russell and her late co-star Jay North were two of the iconic child actors of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.

Newsweek reached out to North's representative via email for comment. "Jeanne Russell just called us with terribly sad, but not unexpected news," Jacobson wrote on Facebook, referring to North's ...

His co-star Jeannie Russell announced the news, which was later confirmed by actor Jon Provost and his wife, Laurie Jacobson. Mourning the actor, she wrote: "As many of his fans know, he had a ...

“Jeanne Russell just called us with terribly sad, but not unexpected news. Our dear friend JAY NORTH has been fighting cancer for a number of years and this morning at noon EST, Jay passed ...

Jay passed peacefully at home,” Jacobson wrote in a tribute on Facebook after speaking to his Dennis the Menace co-star Jeannie Russell. “As many of his fans know, he had a difficult journey ...

Laurie Jacobson, another friend and co-actor, shared the news in a joint Facebook post with Jon Provost and Jeanne Russell. “Jeannie Russell just called us with terribly sad, but not unexpected ...

A post shared on Facebook written on behalf of Jeannie Russell - who played Margaret in 'Dennis the Menace' - read: "Jeanne Russell just called us with terribly sad, but not unexpected news.

And we loved him with all of ours." Remembering celebrities lost: Celebrity deaths in 2025 North's "Dennis the Menace" co-star Jeannie Russell told The Hollywood Reporter that North died at his ...

North’s friends Jon Provost and Laurie Jacobson confirmed the news in a Facebook post. “Jeanne Russell just called us with terribly sad, but not unexpected news. Our dear friend Jay North has ...