Jay North, who was cast on the beloved CBS sitcom at only 6 years old, died on April 6 following a battle with cancer. Jay North, who played the title character on the beloved CBS sitcom Dennis ...

April 7 (UPI) --Jay North, who played the titular troublemaker in the 1959-1963 CBS series Dennis the Menace as a child actor, has died after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 73.

Jay North as Dennis Mitchell in CBS sitcom (Photo: Getty Images) The show aired on Sundays on CBS and was based on Hank Ketcham’s popular comic strip. Even after its cancellation in 1963 ...

Jay North, who played the title character in CBS' Dennis the Menace, has died. He was 73. The news of North's death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by Jeannie Russell, who played Dennis ...