Leave it to Beaver star Tony Dow, who played elder brother Wally Cleaver, is close to death at the age of 77, according to his family.
In a quick turn of events, after Dow’s management team reported him dead on social media, his wife Lauren Dow clarified to CBS Sunday Morning that her husband is alive and in hospice care.
The news comes two months after it was announced that Dow had cancer.
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Dow has been in and out of the hospital over the past two months due to his fight with cancer, the team said last week. He was best known for his role in the sitcom Leave it to Beaver, which ran for six seasons from 1957-1963. He was also a television director who directed episodes of Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The actor was a fan of sculpting, according to an interview with USA Today that celebrated the hit TV show’s 60th anniversary in 2017.
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Dow had a health scare last year after being hospitalized for pneumonia.
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story reported that Dow had died, relying on the management company’s statement. This article has been updated.
