Byrnes played a hip parking attendant at a Hollywood nightclub who helped out with cases. He was known for his hipster lingo, including the catch phrase “Baby, you’re the ginchiest!”When he wasn’t making wisecracks, Gerald Lloyd “Kookie” Kookson III was lovingly combing his well-greased hairdo.The show made Byrnes a teen idol who at the height of his popularity received 15,000 fan letters a week.“Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb),” a novelty record he recorded with Connie Stevens, sold more than 1 million copies and rose to No.

The role went to Edd Byrnes. Edd Byrnes has died (Picture: Getty Images, Backgrid) Grease star Edd Byrnes has died at the age of 87, it has been announced. 1/9/2020 . Actor Edd Byrnes, Known For ‘Grease’, ’77 Sunset Strip’, Dead At 87 . Edd Byrnes, who became famous acting in movies like "Grease" and iconic TV shows like "77 Sunset Strip" is dead.

The Hollywood actor died suddenly at his home in Santa Monica on Thursday (9 January), TMZ reports.Edd’s son Logan Byrnes, who is an evening news anchor in San Diego, confirmed the sad news via Twitter and paid tribute to his beloved father, writing: ‘It is with profound sadness and grief that I share with you the passing of my father Edd Byrnes.‘He was an amazing man and one of my best friends.’In 1978’s Grease, Edd starred alongside John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, as Vince Fontaine, host of the National Bandstand dance-off.Edd was also known for starring in private detective TV series 77 Sunset Strip, which ran from 1958 to 1964, as the cool-talking character Kookie.Other acting credits include Charlie’s Angels, Murder She Wrote, Married With Children, Maverick and Love Boat.Outside of movies, Edd also enjoyed success as a recording artist and had landed a hit single with Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb), which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959 and went on to spend an impressive 13 weeks on the US chart in 1959.In the statement announcing his death, Edd’s rise to stardom was described as ‘a story of an ambitious young kid who in his early 20s, drove out to Hollywood from New York City with a few hundred dollars and a dream of making it big in the entertainment business’.The actor had good humour and once joked about his role in Grease: ‘I played Vince Fontaine, the host of National Bandstand but, Dick Clark couldn’t have done it as well as I did.’In 1996, he wrote the autobiography Kookie No More inspired by his time on the hit series 77 Sunset Strip.Edd is survived by son Logan, former wife Asa Maynor, longtime partner Catherine Gross, and their ‘beloved maltipoo Marlowe’.If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us Arsenal concern as Dani Ceballos wears Real Betis shirt on holidayMikel Arteta plans on playing Willian in new position after move from ChelseaAlexis Sanchez's Man Utd reunion under threat after injury against Bayer LeverkusenBrooklyn Beckham 'engaged to girlfriend Nicola Peltz'Looking to buy in London? His alcoholic father died when he was 13Byrnes worked a variety of jobs, but he yearned for an acting career.At 17, he began to work as a photographer’s model and was drawn into male hustling with wealthy older men that introduced him to a “strange world” of “art, wealth, sadism, limousines, sex for money, theater and fine restaurants,” Byrnes wrote in his 1996 autobiography, “ ’Kookie’ No More.”Still pursuing acting, in 1955 he drove to LA “with a few hundred dollars and a dream of making it big in the entertainment business,” his son wrote.Byrnes was best known as Kookie on the private-detective series “77 Sunset Strip,” which ran from ran from 1958 to 1964. Byrnes died unexpectedly Wednesday at his Santa Monica home of natural causes.

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