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Jan 10, 2020 · Edd Byrnes, who played cool-kid Kookie on the hit TV show "77 Sunset Strip," scored a gold record with a song about his character’s hair-combing obsession and later appeared in the movie "Grease ...
During the late 1950s and early 60s, Edd Byrnes was a bona fide TV star, receiving in excess of 15,000 fan letters a week. As Gerald Lloyd 'Kookie' Kookson III, the jive-talking, ultra-cool parking lot attendant, on the hit ABC series "77 Sunset Strip," the actor created one of the nascent...
Feb 8, 2023 · Edd Byrnes came into prominence from the hit series 77 Sunset Strip playing the role of Kookie which made him the television’s first teen idol. He also got featured in the 1978 movie named Grease. Edd Byrnes was born in New York City, New York, in 1932. On every 30 th of July, he celebrated his birthday and held the Leo zodiac sign.
Jan 9, 2020 · Edd “Kookie” Byrnes, the 77 Sunset Strip actor whose wavy hair and penchant for combing it made him an early TV teen idol, died Thursday of natural causes at his Santa Monica home, according ...
Jan 9, 2020 · Grease actor Edd Byrnes died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 87 years old. His son Logan Byrnes confirmed the news via Twitter on Thursday. “It is with profound sadness and grief that I ...
Jan 9, 2020 · Edd Byrnes, Vince Fontaine in ‘Grease,’ Dies at 87. The New York actor was a finger-snapping, hair-combing, teen-idol sensation who parked cars on the swanky ABC detective series.
