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Bobby Wright Cause of Death: What We Know About the ‘McHale’s Navy’ Star and Kitty Wells’ Son’s Passing at 84
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Bobby Wright Cause of Death: What We Know About the ‘McHale’s Navy’ Star and Kitty Wells’ Son’s Passing at 84

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Bobby Wright, who played radio operator Willy Moss on “McHale’s Navy,” passed away Tuesday, Oct. 27, at his home in Madison, Tennessee. He was 84.

His family announced the news and said he went peacefully, with loved ones around him, Deadline reported . Wright was the last living member of the show’s main cast. Ernest Borgnine passed away in 2012 and Tim Conway in 2019.

What Was Bobby Wright’s Cause of Death?

The family hasn’t shared a cause of death. We’ll update this story if that changes.

Willy Moss on ‘McHale’s Navy’

Wright was born John Robert Wright Jr. on March 30, 1942, in Charleston, West Virginia.

He got the part on “McHale’s Navy” thanks to a screen test that didn’t work out. He’d tested for director Peter Tewksbury and didn’t get that role, but a producer putting together a new comedy saw the footage and cast him as Willy Moss, the radio operator on PT-73, according to music writer Eric Alper .

He stayed for the whole run on ABC, from 1962 to 1966, working alongside Borgnine and Conway.…

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