The creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and ooky Addams family has lost another member and this time it is Pugsley Addams played by Ken Weatherwax in the original sitcom.
Weatherwax has reportedly died of heart attack at the age of 59 years old at his home in Box Canyon, California. He was the former child star who favored stripes for his well-loved character.
The news first broke when her niece Shanyn Vieira took it to Facebook to announce the death of her uncle. She wrote: "JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MY UNCLE KEN WEATHERWAX ( PLEASE LOOK HIM UP) WHO PLAYED PUGSLEY FROM THE ADDAM'S FAMILY DIED TODAY FROM A HEART ATTACK. SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE THEME SONG PLEASE THINK OF ME!!!......LOL!........ YOU WILL SEE HIM ON TMZ AND THE NEWS.......... RIP UNCLE!....... LOVE YOU!!.....XOXO"
His death has also been confirmed by his half-brother Joey D. Vieira. Vieira was also a former child star who played the role of Donald Keeler and as "Porky" Brockway on the 1950 movie "Lassie".
The Addams Family first ran on ABC from the years 1964 up to 1966. It also has repeats up to now. Pugsley was the son of Gomez and Morticia Addams.
Weatherwax also voiced the animated Pugsley for a cartoon version of the series and even played Pugsely Sr. in the 1977 TV special "Halloween With the New Addams Family". Weatherwax has remained in the show business and worked as a set builder for movies. However, he has retired a few years back for medical reasons.
Weatherwax is a Log Angeles native and also appeared in toothpaste commercials but no longer had other roles after the Addams Family show. He said that he was a victim of typecasting. He also talked about kids at school who hassled him for having played a character named Pugsley when he was interviewed by Bill O'Reilly back in 2008.
He shared, "Frankly, I didn't deal with it very well. I was kicked out of like six or seven schools and went into the service [the Army] at the age of 17. I did kind of draw a lot of fire from that."
