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Dean Jones, star of Disney’s The Love Bug and Beethoven, dies aged 84

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Disney star Dean Jones has died (Picture: REX Shutterstock)

Actor Dean Jones, star of The Love Bug, has died aged 84.

Jones passed away in Los Angeles on Tuesday after complications related to Parkinson’s disease, his publicist has said.

He was best known for his role in Disney’s The Love Bug, which was his most successful film. Jones played a struggling race-driver who finds a Volkswagen called Herbie that can win races for him.

He was also a star of the stage, making his Broadway debut in There Was A Little Girl opposite Jane Fonda in 1960. Later on the same year he starred… Read the full story


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