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Sep 30, 2021 · Tommy Kirk, seen here with his canine co-star in 1957's Old Yeller, has died. Kirk appeared in a string of hit Disney movies such as Swiss Family Robinson and The Absent-Minded Professor. Tommy Kirk, whose prolific work as a child actor included classic movies such as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog and Swiss Family Robinson, has died at age 79.
Sep 29, 2021 · Tommy Kirk, whose career as a young leading man in Disney films like Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog and Son of Flubber came to an end, he said, after the studio discovered he was gay, has died. He was 79.
Sep 30, 2021 · By The Associated Press. LOS ANGELES — Tommy Kirk, a child star who played in Disney films such as “Old Yeller” and “The Shaggy Dog,” has died. He was 79. Kirk’s friend and former ...
Sep 29, 2021 · Tommy Kirk, one of Disney’s major young stars of the 1950s and early ’60s with performances in generational touchstone films such as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog and Son of Flubber, died Tuesday ...
Sep 29, 2021 · Kirk’s longtime friend Paul Petersen II posted the news on Facebook, writing, “Please know that Tommy Kirk loved you, his fans.” Kirk was born in Louisville, Ky. in 1941 and grew up in Los ...
Tommy Kirk. Actor: Swiss Family Robinson. Scrappy, plucky-looking Kentucky-born Tommy Kirk, who was born on December 10, 1941, became synonymous with everything clean and fun that Disney Entertainment prescribed to in the late 1950s and very early 1960s.
Sep 30, 2021 · September 30, 2021 at 6:44 p.m. EDT. Tommy Kirk starred as Travis Coates in the 1957 film “Old Yeller,” about a boy and his beloved stray dog. (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images) For a few ...
