RIP Don Grady, 68

[urth]

The actor who was an original Mouseketeer and later played Robbie Douglas on My Three Sons died of cancer.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/27/don-grady-dies-my-three-sons-star-dead-at-68/

[Wayback]

He was born in SF and as a child lived in Lafayette.  In addition to the Mickey Mouse Club and My Three Sons, which ran 380 episodes from 1960-72, he was the drummer for the band Yellow Balloon, which had a #25 hit in 1967 with the song "Yellow Balloon."  He also composed and played music for TV and films.  His sister Lani O'Grady played oldest sister Mary Bradford on the '77-81 TV show Eight Is Enough. She died of an overdose in 2001 at age 46. His obit:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-don-grady-20120628,0,7035373.story

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grady

In this 1967 video young DJ Casey Kasem interviews the band Yellow Balloon starting at the 2:15 mark following their performance of the song "Yellow Balloon" atop dugout at Angels stadium before a game. In the band Don Grady went by the name Luke, as you'll hear Casey call him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO-8-DjwdNI

Don Grady as Robbie Douglas and band play on My Three Sons -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9TPP_QpheI

Don Grady in an early Mattel toy guitar commercial -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRP-wElPSQo