According to Yahoo News, Actor Jack Wild has died at the age of 53. Wild shot to fame as the Artful Dodger in the 1968 film “Oliver!“, but is best known to us boomers as Jimmy in H.R.Pufnstuf. He died of mouth cancer at age 53. The actor blamed his cancer on years of heavy drinking and smoking. I wonder if it had any connection to that magic flute.
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