Old Yeller’ Actor Kevin Corcoran Dies

Dave BurnettPublished: October 7, 2015

A Golden Retriever in the benching area at Pier 92 and 94 in New York City on the 2nd day of competition at the 139th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show February 17, 2015. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is a two-day, all-breed benched show that takes place at both Pier 92 & 94 and at Madison Square Garden in New York City. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Kevin Corcoran, who played the youngest son in the 1957 Disney kids classic Old Yeller has died at the age of 66.
Corcoran worked on many Disney movies and TV shows was in a five-year battle with colorectal cancer.
Corcoran portrayed Arliss Coates, the youngest son of Jim (Fess Parker) and Katie (Dorothy McGuire) and the brother of Travis (Tommy Kirk), in the tear-jerker Old Yeller.

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