Sitcom Dad Dead at 75 – Television Week

An actor who regarded in many TV roles, turning into simplest acknowledged for his role as TV dad Willie Tanner on the ’80s sitcom “ALF,” has died.

TMZ reports that Max Wright died Wednesday. He used to be 75.

“Family sources picture TMZ … the actor handed away in his home in Hermosa Beach, CA … ideal outdoor Los Angeles,” TMZ reports. “We’re told Max had battled cancer for years. He used to be diagnosed with lymphoma in 1995, but had been in remission for a extraordinarily very prolonged time.”

Alongside along with his role from 1986-1990 on “ALF,” Wright had assortment smartly-liked roles as Karl Shub on “Buffalo Bill” (1983-1984) and Max Denby on “Norm” (1999-2001). He started making TV guest appearances within the ’70s, with roles on “WKRP,” “Taxi,” “Hart to Hart,” “Benson,” “Cheers,” “Quantum Leap,” “Murphy Brown,” “Chums” and lots different displays.

“His better half, Linda Ybarrondo, to whom he used to be married since 1965, died in 2017 from breast cancer. They had 2 children collectively,” TMZ notes.

Max Wright on “ALF”