Eerie coincidence in cast deaths
Eerie coincidence:
At least 3 principals in the cast had early deaths due to brain injuries.
1. Child star Diana Lynn (Lucy Hill) passed away on December 17, 1971 of a hemorrhagic stroke (brain hemorrhage.) She was just 45.
2. Rita Johnson (Pamela Hill) passed away on, October 31, 1965, also of a brain hemorrhage. This followed brain damage caused in 1948 when a hair dryer fell on her head. She was 52.
3. Humorist Robert Benchley (Mr. Osborne) died November 21, 1945 (age 56), of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Another famous person to die of cerebral hemorrhage was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (April 12, 1945, age 63).
In 1974 Larry Nunn (Cadet Babcock) also died young (49), but of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Byron Shores (Captain Durand) passed away at age 50 on November 13, 1957.
Richard Fiske (Will Duffy) was killed in action in 1944, at the age of 28.