(via USA Today) -- Jerry Van Dyke, the actor, comedian and younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, died Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. He was 86.
Van Dyke's wife, Shirley Ann Jones, told the newspapers his health had deteriorated since a car accident two years ago.
He passed away at a ranch in Hot Spring County, Ark., that he and his wife have owned for 35 years. The couple were alone together at the time of his death, the cause of which remains unknown.
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