The child star who played Pugsley on the long-running 1960’s TV hit The Addams Family, Ken Weatherwax, died Sunday at his California home. He reportedly suffered a heart attack. He was 59 years old.
According to entertainment site TMZ, his family has stated that they will hold two different funerals, a private service for family and close friends and a public service for his many fans.
The actor was typecast in the role of Pugsley after the show ended in 1966, playing Pugsley Sr. in Halloween with the New Addams Family TV movie in 1977 and the voice of Pugsley in an earlier remake.
He was a familiar and popular fixture at horror and science fiction fan conventions.