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Max Wright, played good-natured dad on 'ALF,' dead at 75

The actor known for portraying the exasperated yet good-natured father of the Tanner clan on the comedy series “ALF,” has died at age 75.

Max Wright died Wednesday at his California home after a cancer battle.

For four seasons, he drew laughs as Willie Tanner, the harried homeowner forced to deal with the shenanigans of a wisecracking alien named ALF, an acronym for Alien Life Form, who crash-landed into his garage.

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