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Actor David Lander, known for his role as Andrew Squiggy Squiggman on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley, died at the age of 73 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, from complications of multiple sclerosis. In a statement to
CNN, David s family hopes his fans will remember him for all the laughter he brought into the world.
Lander was originally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1984, a year after Laverne & Shirley ended its 8-year run. He began to experience dizziness and numbness in his hands and feet. A spinal tap revealed his diagnosis, but he kept it a secret to all but his family, as he thought it would end his career in Hollywood. In 1999, he publicly revealed his diagnosis in a memoir entitled, Fall Down Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn t Tell Nobody. In 2000, the National MS Society named Lander one of their National Ambassadors. He toured the country and became an advocate for patients with MS, speaking at con