He … Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies Joined LAPD after show ended Ken Osmond, who played Eddie Haskell on "Leave it to Beaver" has died at the age of 76. At the age of 72, he suffered from a heart attack. The role of Eddie in season one of "Leave It to Beaver" was also supposed to be a one-off guest appearance, but the show's producers and its audience found him so memorable he became a regular, appearing in nearly 100 of the show's 234 episodes. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Osmond, who played the two-faced teenage scoundrel Eddie Haskell on TV's “Leave It to Beaver,” died Monday, his family said. Leave It to Beaver star Ken Osmond's cause of death has been revealed. He was 76. Osmond's representative Bonnie Vent provided a statement to Variety from the actor's son Eric: He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father. "Ken may have been a famous TV star," Moore said in a statement, "but his real life role as Los Angeles Police Officer was where he made his biggest impact. No cause was given. Osmond died in Los Angeles at age 76, his family said. “He had his family gathered around him when he passed. Copyright © 2021 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Nearly 20 years after Leave It to Beaver went off the air, he continued to successfully act in smaller roles for 20 more years. After his successful run on one of the most popular shows of all time, he chose to protect and to serve the residents of Los Angeles, and I'm proud to have been able to call him a law enforcement partner. Osmond filed a class-action lawsuit in 2007 against the Screen Actors Guild, asserting that SAG had over-stepped its authority in collecting foreign royalties without disclosing the collection agreements until he and Jack Klugman threatened to file suit. “Leave It to Beaver” star Jerry Mathers shared a tribute to his co-star on Twitter. 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