THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. –  Don Grady, who was one in all television's so much loved massive brothers as Robbie Douglas at the long-running SIXTIES hit "My Three Sons," died Wednesday. He was 68.

His "My Three Sons" co-star Barry Livingston, who performed youngest brother Ernie, showed Grady's demise to The Related Press. Livingston mentioned Grady have been affected by most cancers and receiving hospice care at his house in Thousand Oaks, Calif. However the precise result in and position of demise weren't straight away clear.

"It's the oldest cliche on this planet while TELEVISION brothers get started regarding one another like organic brothers, however he was the oldest, and anyone I regarded as much as and realized from plenty approximately life," Livingston said.

Born in San Diego as Don Louis Agrati, Grady had a short lived stint making a song and dancing at the" Mickey Mouse Membership" beginning at age 13.

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But he was best possible identified by some distance as one among Fred MacMurray's "My Three Sons" at the collection that ran on ABC and later CBS from 1960 to 1972.

The common show, which featured MacMurray as a widowed aeronautical engineer suffering to boost three older boys, was a few of the longest operating circle of relatives sitcoms of all time with 380 episodes.

In the show's in advance years Douglas was in reality the center brother, with Tim Considine enjoying the oldest, Mike, and Stanley Livingston enjoying the youngest, Chip. Whilst Considine departed, Barry Livingston changed into the followed "3rd" son, and Grady become the cool, good-looking and confident eldest brother that so much of The usa adored.

A musical prodigy from a tender age, Grady seemed with a band, the Greefs, within the series, and in actual lifestyles performed drums for The Yellow Balloon, who had a minor hit with a self-titled tune in 1967.

He made a handful of visitor appearances on TELEVISION collection within the SEVENTIES and 1980s, however labored basically as a musician and composer, writing the topic for "The Phil Donahue Display" and song for the Blake Edwards movie "TRANSFER" and the preferred Las Vegas display "EFX," a show off for "Phantom of the Opera" celebrity Michael Crawford.

"The one actual through-line in his existence was music," Livingston stated. "I MIGHT suppose Don would like to be remembered for his nice tune up to an adolescent idol and tv icon."