Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: CBS via Getty Images Jay North, the former child actor best known for his role as Dennis Mitchell in the 1959 sitcom ...

Former child star Jay North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida. He was 73. North was best-known for his role as the slingshot-toting troublemaker Dennis Mitchell on Dennis the Menace. The ...

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As the title character in the midcentury sitcom “Dennis the Menace,” Jay North, who died Sunday at 73, was among my first TV stars, even before I had a notion of what a TV star was. And he was ...

Jay North, a former child actor who is best known for his role in Dennis the Menace, passed away on Sunday, Apr. 6. He was 73 years old. Laurie Jacobson, the longtime friend of North and wife of ...

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. -- Jay North, who starred as the mischief maker on TV's "Dennis the Menace" for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73. North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Fla.