Philip McKeon has died at 55 after a long illness. He played Tommy on the sitcom Alice (1976 to 1985). Charlie Sheen once appeared with him in an episode of an anthology series and wrote a nice tweet about him.
I didn't realize his sister was Nancy McKeon from Facts of Life. In the movie, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Jodie Foster played Tommy's Peppermint Patty-like friend at one point. On the show, that would have been a perfect role for his sister.
I remember the show and I remember him well in it but my only specific memory was an episode where the women try to reassure him as he tells them in some detail all the things he doesn't like about his appearance. It was like the writers were actually trying to give him a complex.
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