He was found dead Saturday in his California home.Īctor Michael McKean who played the character of Squiggy on 'Laverne & Shirley' said in a tweet, 'A genuinely good guy and purveyor of cheer whenever things got cheerless. MLive reported Meakka had been battling blood clots and then suddenly had been out of contact with family for several days. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beavers parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beavers brother Wally. It wasn't just TV shows that Mekka was in, but also movies like 'A League of Their Own' and Dreamgirls.' His final role was the 2018 football comedy 'Hail Mary!' Leave It to Beaver is a late 1950s black-and-white American television sitcom about an inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver (portrayed by Jerry Mathers), and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. He also appeared on 'The Love Boat,' Fantasy Island' and 'Family Matters.' Mekka appeared in 150 episodes of Lavern & Shirley but also appeared in several episodes of Happy Days. He often wore a jacket that had 'The Big Ragu' written on the back of it. On the show, he played a boxer whose dream was to become a singer and a dancer. Laverne & Shirley never dated Lenny and Squiggy but Shirley dated a character by the name of Carmine Ragusa AKA 'The Big Ragu.' Carmine was played by actor Eddie Mekka. Most of the time Lenny & Squiggy would get thrown out from the girl's apartment and always made for a funny scene in each episode.

The two would just barge in on Laverne & Shirley and always try to convince them into going out with them. My favorite characters were Lenny and Squiggy. Not long after the success of Happy Days, there was a spinoff that became 'Laverne & Shirley.' The show was based on two women in Milwaukee who worked at a beer factory and shared an apartment together.

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