Actor Art LaFleur, best known for starring in films such as "Sand Legends" and "Dreamlands," died at the age of 78 after a decade of battling Parkinson's disease. On Wednesday, his wife, Shelly, revealed that Laffler died at home and that his family was with him.
He reportedly had been telling jokes in the last hours before his death to keep him in a good mood. His wife called Laffler a "generous and selfless man," and while he has shown this in his career, she added, "What matters is what kind of person he is in front of family and friends." ”
For many of Arte Laffler's fans, two of his many works are the most striking, and coincidentally, both are baseball subjects. In 1989, he starred with Kevin Costner in Dreamlands as Chick Gandil of the Chicago White Sox, who played a major role in the White Sox scandal. He appeared as a ghost in Dreamlands, and in 1993's Legends of the Sands he reappeared as the late Babe Ruth to cheer up baseball boy Benny.
In the late 1970s, Art Laffler began to make his mark on television, having played roles in dozens of TV movies and television series in the 1980s, including Television Series such as Invisible Woman (1983), Army Field Hospital, and Emergency Room, as well as films such as War Games, Invasion of Other Dimensions, and UFO Magic Point.
In the 1990s and 2000s, he starred in a series of productions, including two films with Mel Gibson in the early 90s, "The Sky Is Gone" and "Gamblers Ma Huali", and in the 2000s, "Santa Claus 2" and "Santa Claus 3", and he also made cameo appearances in many TV series, such as "The Family of Malcolm", "Dr. House" and "Men Are Easy to Do".
Although he has been battling Parkinson's disease, he was still working until a few years ago, and his final closing credits include 2016's The Last Treasure Hunt and 2017's Dive.