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Jun 25, 1997 · Brian Keith, the burly, gruff film and TV performer who gained his greatest fame in the 1960s sitcom classic “Family Affair,” shot and killed himself Tuesday in the wake of a series of medical...
The 75-year old actor had placed a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, ending his downward spiral of failing health, financial troubles and depression caused by the loss of his daughter. Brian Keith is survived by his wife since 1970, Victoria Young, who played Nurse Puni on The Brian Keith Show.
Keith's friend Maureen O'Hara did not believe Keith died as a result of suicide. She stated that he had a large gun collection and he might have been cleaning the gun, or looking at it, when it went off accidentally.
Jun 25, 1997 · Actor Brian Keith, best known as the bachelor guardian Uncle Bill on the television series “Family Affair,” was found dead Tuesday morning in his Malibu home, an apparent suicide. Officers...
Jun 25, 1997 · MALIBU, Calif. -- Brian Keith, who played gruff Uncle Bill on the sweet TV series "Family Affair," was found dead yesterday, a cancer victim who apparently committed suicide. He was 75.
Jun 24, 1997 · Actor Brian Keith, best known as the bachelor guardian Uncle Bill on the television series ``Family Affair,' was found dead Tuesday morning in his Malibu home, an apparent suicide.
Jun 24, 1997 · MALIBU, California: Died: Brian Keith, TV sitcom’s single parent of the 1960’s, of an apparent suicide in his Malibu home. Keith was known to a generation of children as the bachelor raising...
Jun 25, 1997 · Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were sent to his house on the Pacific Coast Highway in response to a report of a possible suicide found him dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound...
Jul 11, 1997 · An underrated actor whose career was both made and trivialized by television, Brian Keith killed himself on June 24 at age 75. He had cancer and was apparently distraught over the recent...
Jun 25, 1997 · Brian Keith, the gruff, sturdy character actor whose roles in films and on television ranged from Western gunslingers and small-town police chiefs to private eyes and the Manhattan bachelor...