mall appearance. reporter: they sai they said, get in that laundry bin and we ll cover you up. reporter: in remembrance, actor leslie grossman tweeted, when i was lucky enough to work with luke perry, i told him about the pillow of his face i used to sleep, and he weirdo! but there were plenty of weirdos with that same pillow. his sideburns are burned into our memory. how many of you grew long sideburns because luke perry made it look cool. hep went on to do everything from buffy the vampire voluntary to roles not like his other roles, for instance, in the gritty prison drama, oz. that is showbiz on a stick. reporter: he got his start in a teen drama and his final role was as a father in a teen drama, riv riverdea riverdale. it s not easy following your own act when you ve been dubbed the epitome of cool.