Tony Dow's official Facebook page posted that he died Tuesday morning, with an extremely heavy heart that we share with you the passing of our beloved Tony this morning

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Tony Dow, the actor and director best known for playing the stalwart older brother Wally Cleaver to Jerry Mathers’ Beaver in the iconic series “Leave It to Beaver,” has died

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Tony Dow and his wife Lauren announced in May that his cancer, which he had been diagnosed with years before, had returned

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Tony Dow returned in the 1980s for the TV movie “Still the Beaver” and series “The New Leave It to Beaver,” for which he also directed five episodes and wrote one

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Tony Dow battled depression in his 20s, making the self-help video “Beating the Blues” to help others, and later survived two bouts of cancer

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Tony Dow became a sculptor and started a construction company, and is survived by his wife Lauren and two children

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Tony Dow has family and friends surrounding him," Christopher Dow said,, "Thank you for keeping us in your prayers during this difficult time"

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