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Art LaFleur, actor in ‘The Sandlot,’ dies of Parkinson’s
Art LaFleur, a prolific character actor who played Babe Ruth in “The Sandlot,” died earlier this month, according to reports.
LaFleur, died Nov. 17 after a decade-long battle with Parkinson’s disease, according to Deadline Hollywood. He was 78.
“He was a generous and selfless man which carried over to his acting but more importantly it was who he was for his family and friends,” the actor’s widow, Shelly LaFleur wrote on social media, according to the outlet. “I was so very lucky to have had a 43-year relationship with a man who cherished me and who I adored. Art was larger than life and meant the world to us.”
LaFleur died at home in Los Angeles, and was cracking jokes until the end, The Sun reported.
He had a late start in acting — not until 1975, when at 32 he moved from Chicago to Los Angeles, the paper reported. Prior to acting, he worked in sales and in the restaurant business according to IMDB.
“I thought I wanted to be a writer and the only person I knew out here was an actor that I had known in Chicago. He convinced me that an acting class would help my writing,” he said in a 2011 interview. “[B]y the end of 1978 I was in all three unions. […] I was a working actor.”
‘The Sandlot’ Star Art LaFleur Dead at 78
Art LaFleur, famous for playing Babe Ruth in the classic baseball movie “The Sandlot,” is dead.
The actor died Wednesday following a 10-year battle with Parkinson’s disease … according to his wife, Shelley. We’re told he died at his home surrounded by his children and Shelley — and although he was in hospice care, Art was cracking jokes to try to make his family laugh in the time leading up to his death.
His wife is remembering Art as a “generous and selfless man” … qualities she says carried over into his acting career, “but more importantly it was who he was for his family and friends.”
Art is most known, and beloved, for his role in 1993’s “The Sandlot” — but he was also in another big baseball flick, playing first baseman Chick Gandil in 1989’s “Field of Dreams” alongside Kevin Costner.
He didn’t get into acting until he moved from Chicago to Los Angeles way back in 1975 when he was already 31 years old. He went on to become one of those character actors audiences always recognized, acting in movies like “The Blob,” “Cobra” and a couple of the ‘Santa Clause’ films.
He also landed episodic TV roles on “Malcolm in the Middle,” “The Bernie Mac Show,” “JAG” and many other shows.
Art was 78.
RIP