Unreliable e-mail info going around

[Patti]

I received an e-mail today that I found out contained some incorrect "facts". I logged on to your website and also got some information from a friend who is from the same hometown as Alfalfa and actually met him when he was 16 (He and Alfalfa were the same age). Here is what the e-mail contained:

Note: I have corrected what I have found to be false. I do not know if the remaining information is credible.

-- Alfalfa - Carl Switzer was shot to death at age 31. (I found out from my friend he actually died at age 21 and was a cocky and foul-mouthed kid who was one of nine children from Paris, Illinois. He never helped out his family or sent them any money)

--Chubby - 300-pound Norman Chaney died at age 22 following an operation. (I found out from your website that it was age 18, not 22)

--Buckwheat - William Thomas died at age 49 of a heart attack.

--Darla Hood - The Our Gang leading lady contracted hepatitis and died at 47.

--Brisbane - Kendall McCormas (Breezy Brisbane), suicide at age 64.

--Froggy - William Robert Laughline killed at 16 in a motor scooter accident. (The last name does not have an e on the end on your website)

--Mickey Daniels - He died of liver disease at 55.

--Stymie - Mathew Bear lead a life of crime and drugs. Stroke at age 56. (First name possibly spelled wrong and last name was supposed to be Beard, not Bear)

--Scotty Beckett - He died at age 38 following a brutal beating.

--Wheezer - Robert Hutchins was killed in an airplane accident at age 19.

--Pete the Pup - Poisoned by an unknown assailant.

--Spanky - Robert Blake was recently acquitted of murdering his wife. (George McFarland was Spanky, not Robert Blake)

I do not know the origin of this e-mail, it was forwarded to me. I just wondered if any more of this information was incorrect.

[Tilt Araiza]

The e-mail is dealt with at the Urban Legends Reference site here www.snopes.com/movies/other/ourgang.asp