28 Yesteryear Celebrities Who are Still Alive and Kickin’
Jay North, 68 Years Old
Actor Jay North will forever be known as the “original” Dennis the Menace star, a role that he played for 4 years when he was a young boy aged 6. But after the show ended, Jay says that Hollywood shut the door on him. He then retired from acting and resurfaced a couple of years ago. For more than 2 decades, he has been working with Florida Department of Corrections as a correctional officer. He also worked with his friend, The Donna Reed Show actor Paul Petersen, in his organization for vulnerable child actors. Jay later admitted that his own transition from a child actor (when his aunt used to keep him isolated from the rest of the Dennis the Menace cast) to a grown-up without acting jobs, was difficult and he had problems managing his anger. After visiting a therapist on Paul’s advice, he was much better.
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