Our Gang were they all cursed?

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The unhappy lives of the cast of the "Our Gang" comedies-Truth! & Fiction!

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Alfalfa -- Carl Switzer was shot to death at age 31-Truth!
According to OUR GANG - LIFE AND TIMES OF THE LITTLE RASCALS by MALTIN AND BANN, Switzer was wounded in Jan 1958 when someone shot him as he was getting into a car.
Then the next year, a fatal shot was delivered in a struggle over $50 with an ex-partner in a big game hunting business.


My mom grew up in Paris IL and knew Alfafa personally and apparently bullied him somewhat. She did emote some regret as she would remember him. Don't know if it was because he died young or because she bullied him.

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A friend E-Mailed me the original version. It lost all credibilty when they identified Baretta as Spanky.