'my three sons' actor don grady dead at 68

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Don Grady, who performed certainly one of television's most legendary large siblings around the sixties sitcom "My Three Sons," died Wednesday in 1000 Trees, Calif. He was at hospice care, and finally gave in to cancer at 68.

Grady was created Don Louis Agrati in North Park before his career like a Mouseketeer around the "Donald Duck Club" at 13. He later filled the function of Robbie Douglas on "My Three Sons," from 1960 to 1971. The sitcom starred the late Fred MacMurray like a widowed father raising his three sons.

Grady seemed to be a composer, who authored the theme for Phil Donahue's lengthy-running daytime talk show.

A publish around the Facebook page of Craig Livingston, who performed Grady's brother Ernie on "My Three Sons," read, "He was a motivation in my experience in a lot of ways, and the effect on my existence is indelible. I'll miss him greatly."

Grady were built with a deep desire for music and made an appearance together with his own band, the Greefs, through the series. Livingston stated music was Grady's true inspiration, and that he thinks "Don would like to be appreciated for his great music over a teen idol and tv icon," the Connected Press reported.