# Tony Dow -- Wally Cleaver -- dead at 77. {death now confirmed}

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death\
**Created:** [July 26, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-dow-wally-cleaver-dead-at-77-death-now-confirmed/968602 "2022-07-26T17:26:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-dow-wally-cleaver-dead-at-77-death-now-confirmed/968602/61 "2022-07-29T20:03:00Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> > [@BrickBat](#):
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> > Eddie’s father got the bill and hit the ceiling.
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> FIFTEEN DOLLARS!!!

If this was in 1963, the equivalent today is around **$145.25**. I’d be pissed off too! 😠

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-dow-wally-cleaver-dead-at-77-death-now-confirmed/968602/62 "2022-07-29T20:08:16Z")

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Gay, you say? 🤨

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M9dKYxkYYXM/maxresdefault.jpg "SCTV Leave it to Beaver 25th Anniversary Party") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9dKYxkYYXM)

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-dow-wally-cleaver-dead-at-77-death-now-confirmed/968602/63 "2022-07-29T22:33:07Z")

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Wait, isn’t it “… and Harold Ramis as the Beaver”?

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-dow-wally-cleaver-dead-at-77-death-now-confirmed/968602/64 "2022-07-29T23:54:25Z")

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Harold is Whitey. John Candy is Beaver.

Dave Thomas was The Beaver in the SCTV opening credits.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-dow-wally-cleaver-dead-at-77-death-now-confirmed/968602/65 "2022-07-30T14:24:29Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> Dave Thomas was The Beaver

It varied.

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