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“Chubby” from The Little Rascals Gets a Headstone After 76 Years
By Emma O’Connor (Time, 11/12/2012) Our Gang, the short-film series better known as The Little Rascals, starred dozens of child actors who skated through the hilarious antics of growing up in the Great Depression era. While their adventures were wholly fictional, … Continue reading
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Chubby from ‘Our Gang’ Falls Ill, 1935
“Norman Chaney, child movie star, is mysteriously ill in a Baltimore hospital with a glandular ailment which cut short his movie career two and a half years ago. Chaney, known as “Chubby” in “Our Gang” pictures, at 17 is four … Continue reading
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Fundraiser aims to give Chubby from ‘Our Gang’ a headstone
Baltimore child star Norman Chaney has lain in unmarked grave for decades By Jill Rosen (The Baltimore Sun, 5/10/2012) Only people who know where to look would be able to pay respects to Norman Chaney, who is buried in an … Continue reading
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