# RIP Brian Tanner from Alf

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 12, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074 "2024-07-12T03:06:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074/1 "2024-07-12T03:06:20Z")

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> **[Benji Gregory, Child Star of ‘Alf,’ Dies at 46](https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/benji-gregory-dead-alf-1236066883/amp/)**
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> Benji Gregory, former child actor and star of the 1980s sitcom 'Alf,' has died. He was 46.

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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:** [July 12, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074/2 "2024-07-12T03:54:11Z")

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**Moderating** : Please do not start bare link threads.

If you cared enough to post this, you must have something to say about it.

Even if it is just what he died of or the like.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074/3 "2024-07-12T04:00:51Z")

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> His sister, Rebecca Hertzberg-Pfaffinger, told the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/arts/television/benji-gregory-alf-dead.html) that Gregory and his service dog were both found dead in his car on June 13 at a bank’s parking lot in Peoria, Ariz. Hertzberg-Pfaffinger also announced the news in a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/ben.hertzberg.77/posts/10233950773249871) on Wednesday, saying that the family believes Gregory had fallen asleep and “died from vehicular heatstroke.” She told the NYT that the official cause of death is still pending.