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Going to start off with ALF – Alien Life Form (if you didn’t know) – the old TV sitcom which starred a cat-loving (well, if properly cooked) critter from Planet Melmac.<\/p>\n
The actor who played Brian,Benji Gregory, 46,\u00a0 the young son of the family, just died last week. He was one of us.<\/p>\n
After his early career in acting, Gregory stepped away from Hollywood and pursued other interests, including a stint in the U.S. Navy. He enlisted in 2003 and graduated to become an aerographer\u2019s mate, specializing in meteorology and oceanography. He used his expertise to provide forecasts and warnings for aviation and nautical safety.<\/p>\n
Gregory was assigned to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during his naval career. In 2005, he received an honorable medical discharge from the Navy and married Sarah Gregory shortly after completing his military service in 2006.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Not a long career, but not everyone is a lifer and he sounds like he did his job.<\/p>\n
His sister, Rebecca Hertzberg-Pfaffinger, told the New York Times that Gregory and his service dog were both found dead in his car on June 13 at a bank\u2019s parking lot in Peoria, Ariz. Hertzberg-Pfaffinger also announced the news in a Facebook post on Wednesday, saying that the family believes Gregory had fallen asleep and \u201cdied from vehicular heatstroke.\u201d\u00a0 Arizona Republic<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He suffered from depression and bipolar disorder and in later years served as an advocate for those causes. His medical discharge was uncharacterized but one might assume was related.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"