'Dennis The Menace' Star Jay North Dead At 73

North, who brought the sitcom's titular troublemaker to life from 1959 to 1963, later revealed the painful reality of his childhood in the spotlight.

Jay North of “Dennis the Menace” fame has died at the age of 73.

North, who played the sitcom’s titular troublemaker from 1959 to 1963, died surrounded by his wife and family at his Lake Butler, Florida, home on Sunday following years of contending with colon cancer, according to a social media post from longtime friend Laurie Jacobson.

The actor was eight-years-old when he made his debut as Dennis, the meddlesome but well-meaning boy first imagined by comic strip artist Hank Ketcham.

North led the CBS classic for all of its four seasons, where he pestered his aging neighbor Mr. George Wilson and others in his community for 146 episodes.

After “Dennis the Menace” was cancelled, North had a series of one-off television roles and did voice work for animated series like “Arabian Knights” and “The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.”