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- Former child actor Dennis Rush died on May 9, 2026, at age 74 after a leukemia diagnosis in April.
- Actor Keith Thibodeaux announced Rush’s death on Facebook, describing him as a longtime friend and “one of Opie’s buddies.”
- Rush began acting at age four in the 1957 film *Man of a Thousand Faces* and later appeared on *The Andy Griffith Show* before serving in the Marines and working in hospitality.
