Former child actor Benji Gregory has died in central Arizona at age 46. Gregory played the young boy on the 1980s television sitcom “ALF,' about a hairy alien life form. Medical examiner records show he died in metro Phoenix on June 13. Gregory's legal name was Benjamin Gregory Hertzberg. The cause of his death is under investigation.
PHOENIX — Former child actor Benji Gregory, who played the young boy on the 1980s television sitcom “ALF,” has died in suburban Phoenix . He was 46.from the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner. The cause of his death is pending.that her brother’s body was found in his car in the parking lot of a bank in Peoria, outside Phoenix . He apparently had gone there to deposit some residual checks, she said. His dog Hans also died in the vehicle.
Because the cause of death is still being investigated, it is unknown whether Arizona’s summer heat played a role. The high temperature in metro Phoenix hit 108 F the day of Gregory’s death, according toGregory was 8 when he gained fame playing Brian Tanner on the NBC show about a family that took in “ALF” — a hairy alien life form — after the creature’s spaceship crashed. He also appeared in commercials and other TV shows, including “The A-Team” and “Fantasy Island.
As an adult, Gregory enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became an aerographer’s mate, tracking the weather for aviation and nautical safety, according to the entertainment database
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