# Former child actor Jack Wild dies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 2, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756 "2006-03-02T14:35:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756/1 "2006-03-02T14:35:05Z")

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Had to search high & low for a link after hearing this on the “Today” show this morning:

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4765996.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4765996.stm)

Scroll down - the “after” picture is a shocker. :eek:

VCNJ~

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**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756/2 "2006-03-02T14:48:08Z")

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I always liked this guy. I didn’t realize he was the same guy in Pufnstuff. RIP\>

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756/3 "2006-03-02T14:57:18Z")

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Wow, Puffinstuff must be crying. So young. Only 53. Mouth Cancer sounds like a really horrible way to die.

Jim

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756/4 "2006-03-02T15:23:09Z")

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The Angelic Choir has a new song to sing…

o/` Consider yerself at home Consider yerself part of the family... o/`

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756/5 "2006-03-02T15:37:38Z")

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God I feel old. Jimmy on Pufnstuf. Jeez.

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**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756/6 "2006-03-02T15:48:08Z")

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I saw interviews with him on one of those where are they now shows. He looked relatively normal, like an older version of himself up through the early 90s. Then he got the mouth cancer and it looks like they had to remove his teeth or parts of his jaw. Drastic change.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-child-actor-jack-wild-dies/346756/7 "2006-03-02T15:55:59Z")

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He was so good in “Oliver!”