Lee Aaker, Child Actor on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Dies at 77
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Lee Aaker spent five seasons on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin He also appeared in such films as Hondo, High Noon, The Greatest Show on Earth and The Atomic City all before he was 10.
Lee Aaker, a child actor in the 1950s who starred as the orphan Rusty alongside a German shepherd on ABC s
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and in films including
Hondo and
Atomic City, has died. He was 77.
Aaker had suffered a stroke and died April 1 near Mesa, Arizona, Paul Petersen, the former
Former child star Lee Aaker, star of The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin, dies indigent at 77
His death was announced by former Donna Reed Show star Paul Petersen in a Facebook post on Tuesday
Petersen said Aaker passed away in Arizona on April 1 after suffering a heart attack and shared that he had been indigent at the time of his death
Aaker is best known for having starred alongside a German Shepherd in the ABC TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin for five seasons from 1954 to 1959
Aaker also appeared in the 1952 film The Atomic City, with Barbara Stanwyck in the 1953 film Jeopardy and with John Wayne in the 1953 movie Hondo
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Lee Aaker, child star of The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, dies aged 77 after suffering heart attack
Updated: 14 Apr 2021, 9:47
LEE Aaker, who was the child star of 50s TV show The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, died aged 77.
The actor and Air Force veteran passed away in Arizona on April 1 after suffering a heart attack and was listed as indigent at the time of his death.
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Lee Aaker, child star of 50s TV show The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, died aged 77Credit: Getty
Indigent refers to someone who is extremely poor.
Former Donna Reed Show star Paul Petersen announced Lee s death in a moving Facebook post on Tuesday.
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