He had a heart as big as a mountain, loved his friends deeply.

He called us frequently and ended every conversation with ‘I love you with all my heart.’

And we loved him with all of ours."

Jay North attends the 2013 Chiller Theatre Expo at Sheraton Parsippany Hotel on April 26, 2013

Jay North in 2013.Credit:Bobby Bank/WireImage

He is out of pain now.

His suffering is over.

At last he is at peace."

Michelle Trachtenberg, Val Kilmer, and George Foreman

Jay North in a publicity still for ‘Dennis the Menace’.Silver Screen Collection/Getty

Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to a rep for North.

North largely stepped away from acting after shooting the erotic dramaThe Teacherin 1974.

North explained, “It’s been tough for me to reestablish myself.

Gloria Henry

He is survived by his wife, Cindy, and her daughters from a previous marriage.

Jay North, US actor, biting into an apple in a portrait issued as publicity for the US television series, ‘Dennis the Menace’, USA, circa 1960. The sitcom starred North as ‘Dennis Mitchell’.

Jay North in a publicity still for ‘Dennis the Menace’.Silver Screen Collection/Getty