Edd Byrnes, who played "Kookie" in "77 Sunset Strip," dies
Source: AP
By ROBERT JABLON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Edd Byrnes, who played cool kid Kookie on the hit TV show “77 Sunset Strip,” scored a gold record with a song about his character’s hair-combing obsession and later appeared in the movie “Grease,” has died. He was 87.
Byrnes died Wednesday at his home in Santa Monica, his son, Logan Byrnes, said in a statement.
Byrnes, who was born Edward Byrne Breitenberger in New York City, came from a poor family. His alcoholic father died when he was 13
Byrnes worked a variety of jobs, but he yearned for an acting career.
FILE - This 1959 file photo shows Edward "Kookie" Byrnes. Edd Byrnes, who played cool-kid Kookie on the hit TV show “77 Sunset Strip,” scored a gold record with a song about his character’s hair-combing obsession and later appeared in the movie “Grease,” has died at age 87. Byrnes died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his son, Logan Byrnes, said in a statement. (AP Photo, File)
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I remember our family tuning in every week to watch what Kookie was going to do.
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