Dean Jones, star of 'Love Bug' and other Disney films, dies at 84
Source: CNN
CNN)Dean Jones, the go-to Disney actor whose films included "The Love Bug," "The Million Dollar Duck," "That Darn Cat!" and "The Shaggy D.A.," died Tuesday, according to his publicist. Jones was 84.
The cause of death was Parkinson's disease, according to publicist Richard Hoffman.
Jones made his film debut in 1956's "Somebody Up There Likes Me," which starred Paul Newman as boxer Rocky Graziano. The next year he appeared in the Elvis Presley movie "Jailhouse Rock."
He also starred on Broadway in such works as "There Was a Little Girl," with Jane Fonda, and the hit "Under the Yum-Yum Tree," also starring in the 1963 Jack Lemmon film.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/entertainment/dean-jones-dies-disney-feat/index.html
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)He also starred in one of my favorites - The Ugly Dachshund
Rest in Peace Mr. Jones!
C Moon
(12,213 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)sorechasm
(631 posts)Just wondering.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)My dad rented a lot of those films and I remember seeing him and totally forgot about him up to this point. He made some entertaining films.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)RIP
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)teach me everything
(91 posts)Oh man, RIP - can't forget the Herbie movies too.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Kaleva
(36,309 posts)question everything
(47,486 posts)when I remember him as a very young, fun guy..
R.I.P Dean Jones
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)Lots of giggles and fun with Dean Jones' movies.
May he rest in peace, and my sympathies to his family and friends.