David Lander, Actor Who Played Squiggy on ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ Dies At 73
Actor David Lander, who was best known for co-starring as Squiggy in eight seasons of hit comedy series Laverne & Shirley, died Friday evening at age 73. For 40 years leading up to his passing, the actor had been battling multiple sclerosis, and he died due to complications from the disease. Lander, born David Landau, was born and raised in Brooklyn, where he attended the famous High School of the Performing Arts and later attended Carnegie Mellon University. That was where he met his friend and longtime comedy partner Michael McKean, with whom he jetted off to Los Angeles to join comedy troup...