Tiger Fafara, born January 3, 1945, is now 73 year old. Dez is the son of Stanley's brother, Tiger. He also left a nephew, Dez Fafara of the rock band Coal Chamber, with who he had become close during his recovery.
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Stanley is survived by a daughter and a grandchild. On June 14, 2016, Father Jim Kolb, who had officiated at Stanley's funeral, also officiated at the blessing of his gravestone. However, since there was no money for a headstone, the grave remained unmarked for 13 years. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Portland raised the funds for Stanley's burial. Stanley Fafara is interred at the Redland Pioneer Cemetery in Redland, Oregon. According to his obituary by Dennis McLellan of the Los Angeles Times, Stanley "had been living in a single-room occupancy building in Portland's skid row, paying $153 a month for his 12-by-12 room out of his Social Security disability check of $475 a month." He couldn't work without forfeiting his disability income. Stanley passed away in a Portland, Oregon hospital at the age of 54. On September 20, 2003, he died of complications from a surgery performed in late August to repair a constricted intestine caused by a hernia. Regrettably, however, Stanley Fafara had already contracted Hepatitis C. He helped other addicts and even launched a business designing websites, with some measure of success. He stated hat Stanley had been clean and sober since entering a Portland detox centre in 1995 and living at a clean-and-sober house for alcoholics and addicts.Īccording to Stanley's IMDb biography, he managed to turn his life around and eventually re-established a relationship with the daughter he hadn't seen in two decades. Hallman wrote a profile on Stanley Fafara and described him as short and stocky with slicked-back grey hair and a weathered face. Tom Hallman Jr, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Portland Oregonian kept in touch with the former child star. He later became addicted to heroin and was in and out of rehabilitation for many years. He supported himself by working as a waiter, a roofer and a janitor but eventually returned to dealing narcotics. However, when he was caught breaking into a pharmacy for the eighth time, he was convicted and sentenced to a year in jail.Īfter his release from prison, Stanley moved to Portland Oregon with a girlfriend and tried several means of employment. After his seventh robbery, he was arrested and bailed out by his parents. He supported himself by dealing drugs and by the early 1980s, he had begun to burglarize pharmacies in order to maintain his drug habit. They divorced after having one child and Stanley hit rock bottom. He tried to become an artist, but was was unable to stop drinking and using narcotics.Īt the age of 22, Stanley returned to Los Angeles where he was married to Rosemary Oswald for a short time. At his parents' urging, he moved in with his sister in Jamaica. He also began drinking heavily and using drugs. He associated with the pop group Paul Revere and the Raiders and reportedly lived with the band for a while.
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When the series ended in 1963, Stanley attended North Hollywood High School. Stanley, on the other hand, remained for the show's entire six-year run, appearing in 57 episodes. Tiger played Tooey in 18 episodes of Leave it to Beaver, from 1957 to 1960. Seven-year-old Stanley won the role of Whitey Whitney, one of Beaver's best buddies, while his brother Tiger was cast as Tooey. In 1957, Stanley's mother brought her sons to an open casting call for a new family sitcom called Leave it to Beaver. Both siblings were raised in Studio City, Los Angeles and their mother pushed them into acting at an early age. He played the bespectacled Tooey Brown, one of Wally Cleaver's friends in the series. His older brother, Lucas "Luke" Fafara II (known as Tiger Fafara), also appeared on Leave it to Beaver.
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Stanley Albert Fafara was born in San Francisco, California on September 20, 1949. Sadly, Stanley's story is another one of those tragic tales surrounding the lives of child actors. Whitey was portrayed by the late Stanley Fafara, who died in 2003 under unfortunate circumstances. Interview with Portland Oregonian reporter Tom Hallman Jr., December 2002ĭo you remember that little blond boy on Leave it to Beaver? His name was Hubert "Whitey" Whitney and he was a school friend of Beaver Cleaver. There were times when I'd walk around with $16,000 in my pocket."