Headline News - Death of "Spanky" McFarland, 1993

From late 1993, here is a Headline News story on the death of "Spanky" McFarland, famous for his role in the Little Rascals and Our Gang comedies.

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• headline
• news
• death
• spanky
• mcfarland
• Ray
• Glasser
• 1993

[Astraldragon1]

Spanky: Say who is this funny looking monkey?

Alfalfa: That Happens to be me partner.

[4freespeech]

Its great how he still looked so much like

Spanky when he got old!

[sammy2trees]

Ah the memories!

R.I.P Spanky

[vccstudents]

"Yum! Yum! Eat 'em UP!" is still the funniest sketch he ever did!

[kashmirpage]

I remember one talk show that featured some of the child actors of the 30s-50s, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin, and George McFarland were all three featured. Billy Gray kept mouthing off, and Spanky looked at him and said something to the effect that if his father were around he'd have turned Billy over his knee.

[spunkychk5555]

OMG !!!

Spanky was my favorite TV character as a kid with Alfalfa second. These two had me laughing at 4 years old. Loved The LIttle Rascals.

[67nairb]

@hoss73ford1 He looked pretty fat in the last years of his life. Maybe the cardiac arrest was due to that. Spanky could've lived a little longer though.

[hoss73ford1]

he beat the Our Gang Curse but barely. So many of them died so young. He made it to 64 but by 1993 that would be considered lost too soon.

[paparazzi323]

he had a good life its ok cause he's with the people that he loved they are together again. but he left us with this a classic.thankyou !

[Aelita1234]

He died a day before I was born O___O;