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Jerry Lewis double Sammy Petrillo dies


August 17, 2009 Sammy Petrillo, a comedian who doubled for Jerry Lewis and starred in the cult film classic "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla," died Aug. 15 of cancer in New York. Petrillo began his show business career playing Lewis' baby in a sketch on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" in 1950. The multitalented Petrillo wrote a treatment, called "My Daddy Was a Monster," that served as the basis for 1960s TV series "The Munsters," and he wrote lyrics for the Isley Brothers' hit "Angels Cried."

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