Jay R. Smith

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Jay R. Smith (August 29, 1915 - October 5, 2002) was an American former child actor who replaced Mickey Daniels as the "freckle-faced kid" of the Our Gang series in 1925. He continued appearing in the shorts until 1929.

A native of Los Angeles, California, Smith left acting as a teenager, eventually going into the retail paint business and moving to Kailua, Hawaii. He moved back to the mainland in his later years, living in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On October 5, 2002, his body was found stabbed to death in the desert near Las Vegas. A homeless man, Charles "Wayne" Crombie, who Smith had befriended, was later convicted of the murder and sentenced to two life terms.