Beloved former child star Jay North, best known as the mischievous face of Dennis the Menace, has died aged 73 after a long and private battle with colorectal cancer. North passed away peacefully at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, surrounded by his wife Cindy and three stepdaughters, who, according to friends, 'gave him a family he never had'.
North captured hearts during his four-season run on the CBS sitcom from 1959 to 1963, based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham. Yet behind the infectious grin and comic mischief lay a difficult journey marked by private pain, both emotional and, in the end, physical.
