As Buckwheat might have said.This Monday, will be the 49th anniversary of the death of Carl Switzer. On January 21, 1959 the former child star of the "Our Gang" comedy films was killed in an argument over $50.00. He was 31 years old.
Switzer worked in entertainment after the Hal Roach classics, appearing in The Courage of Lassie, I Love You Again, It's a Wonderful Life, and Island in the Sky with John Wayne. His last work was for the television version of The Defiant Ones, just a year before his death.
Outside of acting Switzer bred hunting dogs and served as a guide for hunting expeditions. This, combined with his well known temper, led to his demise. The fight which cost him his life started over an argument about one of his dogs.
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