Benji Gregory, a former child actor who played the young boy on the sitcom “ALF,” which aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, died June 13 in suburban Phoenix. He was 46.
Mr. Gregory’s sister, Rebecca Pfaffinger, told the New York Times 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 degrees the day of Mr. Gregory’s death, according to National Weather Service records.
Benjamin Gregory Hertzberg was born in Los Angeles on May 26, 1978. He as 8 when he was cast as Brian Tanner on the NBC show about a family that took in “ALF” — a hairy alien life form — after the creature’s spaceship crashed.
Mr. Gregory also appeared in commercials and other TV shows, including “The A-Team” and “Fantasy Island.”
As an adult, Mr. Gregory enlisted in the Navy and has a stint as an aerographer’s mate, tracking the weather for aviation and nautical safety, according to the entertainment database IMDb.
Besides his sister, a complete list of survivors was not immediately available.
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