Virgil Frye

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Virgil Frye
Born	August 21, 1930 Estherville, Iowa
Died	May 7, 2012
Occupation	Film, television actor, boxer

Virgil Charles Frye, (August 21, 1930 - May 7, 2012), was an American actor and former Golden Gloves boxing champion.

He grew up in Estherville, Iowa. He has two children, Sean Frye and Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster), and is the father-in-law of Jason Goldberg.

Frye made an uncredited appearance in Easy Rider while working as a makeup artist on the 1969 film^{[citation needed]}.

Frye suffered from Pick's Disease or Frontotemporal dementia (FTD). He was the subject of a documentary made by his daughter, titled Sonny Boy, which documents a trip that Frye and his daughter took to his hometown, and the effect his illness has had on their relationship.^[1] Virgil Frye died at an Orange county nursing home on May 7, 2012.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine From Shirley Temple to Barbara Kopple". Web.archive.org. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

External links

Virgil Frye at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Frye, Virgil
Alternative names
Short description	American actor children named soleil moon frye
Date of birth	August 21, 1930
Place of birth	Estherville, Iowa
Date of death	May 7, 2012
Place of death

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