Hollywood is mourning the untimely death of the American star, whose body was found along with the body of his dog in his car on June 13, 2024 in a bank parking lot in Arizona. Now his sister, Rebecca Hertzberg-Pfaffinger, informs the New York Times about her brother’s death
Benji Gregory, the young actor and former 1980s sitcom star, has died Alf.
Hollywood is mourning his untimely death at the age of 46.
The body of Benji Gregory was found along with the body of his dog in his car on June 13, 2024. The car was located in a bank parking lot in Arizona. Now his sister, Rebecca Hertzberg-Pfaffinger, has informed the New York Times his brother’s departure.
Hertzberg-Pfaffinger also announced the news in a Facebook post published on Wednesday, July 10, saying that she and the family believe that Gregory fell asleep and “died of heat stroke due to the heat generated in the vehicle .” The woman said to the NOW that the official cause of death is still unknown.
Brian Tanner’s interpreter in Alf
Benji Gregory played the character of Brian Tanner, the youngest son of the Tanner family, i Alf.
The second was the successful sitcom that follows the story of a foreigner who lives with an American family. Although this role was Gregory’s most famous and well-known work, the then young performer made several guest appearances on various television shows during the 1980s and early 1990s, including The A-Team, TJ Hooker, Fantasy Island e The Twilight Zone.
He also lent his voice to various characters in animated series, notably i Amazing Maxwhere he talked to Ben’s character.
Gregory also appeared as himself in the series The More You Knowin the children’s games program I’m telling! and in episodes Fun House, all very popular shows in the United States.
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The (voluntary) departure from Hollywood
After his initial career in acting, Gregory voluntarily retired from Hollywood and pursued other interests, including a stint in the US Navy.
“He enlisted in 2003 and graduated to become a meteorologist, specializing in meteorology and oceanography,” says the American magazine Diversity. “He used his expertise to provide aviation and marine forecasts and alerts. Gregory was assigned to USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during his naval career. In 2005, he received an honorable medical discharge from the Navy and married Sarah Gregory shortly after completing his military service in 2006,” he continues. Diversity.
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Gregory remembered how much fun it was to work at Alf
In 2000, Gregory was interviewed by People and on that occasion he reflected on his work i Alfsaying, “The only time it felt like work was when the lights were on and it was really hot.” He remembered “climbing under the stage and joking around with the production team.”
However, he said it was a “relief” when the sitcom was cancelled, explaining to the Conradh na Gaeilge microphones People that he no longer wanted to act. But he said he had no regrets.
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Born in California in a family of actors
Gregory Benjamin was born Gregory Hertzberg. He was born in Encino, California on May 26, 1978.
His father, uncle and sister Hertzberg-Pfaffinger were all actors, and his grandmother was his agent. He studied film at the Academy of Art College.
It seems that his geographical origin (California, ie the land of Hollywood) and his DNA biased towards acting (as his father, uncle and sister are all declared to have been actors) played a major role in tracing Benji Gregory’s acting destiny , even though. only an initial fate and in the end he decided to follow other paths.
However, fate was very unfortunate for this man, who died at the age of 46.
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Horace it ran in three seasons from 1 January 1985 to 19 April 1987 and was broadcast on Canale 5. The story is the family of the journalist Orazio (Maurizio Costanzo,) composed of his wife Anna Maria (who was Costanzo’s partner at the time , Simona Izzo, who was then replaced in season 2 by Emanuela Giordano, when the relationship between Costanzo and Izzo ended), by her children Simone (Michael Sebasti) and Chiara (Francesca Rinaldi), and in season 3 by Simona Izzo back to where it was thrown. she played Alessia Fabiani in the role of Carlotta,
3rd C Boys – Events of a group of high school students at Giacomo Leopardi in Rome who are struggling with adolescence. Written by Francesco Moccia and Diego Cugia, the episodes directed by Claudio Risi were broadcast from January 1987 to May 1989 on the Mediaset networks