[msb-alumni] 'Coach' actor Jerry Van Dyke, younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, dead at 86
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- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 14:43:49 -0500
Blank'Coach' actor Jerry Van Dyke, younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, dead at 86
Sara M Moniuszko , USA TODAY
Jerry Van Dyke, the actor, comedian
and younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, died Friday, according to the Los Angeles
Times and The New York Times . He was 86. Van Dyke's wife, Shirley Ann
Jones, told the newspapers his health had deteriorated since a car accident two
years ago. He passed away at a ranch in Hot Spring County, Ark., that he
and his wife have owned for 35 years. The couple were alone together at the
time
of his death, the cause of which remains unknown. Born in Danville, Ill.,
Van Dyke got his start in TV by making appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show ,
the American sitcom that starred his real-life older brother. He also made
appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Judy Garland Show. In 1965, he
played Dave Crabtree in NBC series My Mother the Car , which ran for a single
season. He was best known for his role as Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van
Dam
on the TV series Coach , which earned him four Emmy Award nominations.
The series ran from 1989 to 1997. Van Dyke spoke with USA TODAY in 1990 about
one of his Emmy nominations, joking about whether it marked a comeback in
his career. "Everybody talks about me making a comeback," he said. "I say,
'comeback from what? This is as good as it's ever been. He also spoke about
his famous brother, who made an appearance on Coach the same year as his
long-lost father. "I was always known as Dick Van Dyke's brother and the guy
that
did My Mother the Car . Now people know me that never knew me before, that
don't
even know Dick. That's really a thrill," he said. More recently, Van Dyke
made several appearances as Tag Spence on the ABC series The Middle .
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