A cause of death was not disclosed, though Mr Dow and his wife had said he had suffered from a recurrence of cancer in May.
Actor Tony Dow, best known for his role as Wally Cleaver in the 1950s American TV sitcom Leave It to Beaver, died on Wednesday at age 77, his family and management team said — a day after his death was announced prematurely.Mr Dow played the older brother of the title character in 1950s comedy Leave It to BeaverA cause of death has not yet been not disclosed
A cause of death was not disclosed, though Mr Dow and his wife, Lauren, had said he had suffered from a recurrence of cancer in May. On Tuesday, Tony Dow's managers had to retract a Facebook post saying the gravely ill actor had already died, explaining that his "distraught" wife had mistakenly thought he had been declared dead. While gravely ill, Mr Dow was still alive, they said at the time.In Leave It to Beaver, which ran from 1957 to 1963, Mr Dow played the teenage older brother of the title character, Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver.
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