# RIP: ''Waldo'' from ''Our Gang''

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 23, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-waldo-from-our-gang/110528 "2002-05-23T19:27:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-waldo-from-our-gang/110528/1 "2002-05-23T19:27:06Z")

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[http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=RelatedStories&pitem=AP-Deaths&rev=20020517&pub\_tag=APONLINE&relatedTo=420794&rsNum=3&from=email](http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=RelatedStories&pitem=AP-Deaths&rev=20020517&pub_tag=APONLINE&relatedTo=420794&rsNum=3&from=email)

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-waldo-from-our-gang/110528/2 "2002-05-23T19:32:55Z")

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Darwood Smith, who played Waldo in the “Our Gang Series,” died Wednesday after he was struck on the head while on a daily walk. He was 72. Smith died after someone drove up in a truck and hit him. He was rushed to Riverside Community Hospital where he died later that night. No arrests have been made.

. . . But Mickey Gubitosi has been brought in for questioning . . .

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**Author:** ![Mr.Frink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mr.Frink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Frink)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-waldo-from-our-gang/110528/3 "2002-05-24T00:10:45Z")

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_Sigh_…and Joe Cobb just died too! What’s up with this rash of Our Gang’er dying?

Joe was one of my favorite rascals. He played the really _fat_ kid in most of the silent Hal Roach shorts. I believe that he made a cameo appearance in one of the later Our Gang shorts when he was a young adult.

Does anyone know if “Butch”…Tommy Bond is still alive?