Paul Reubens, the actor best known as Pee-wee Herman, died Sunday. The official Pee-wee Herman accounts announced the news on Instagram.
The post included a note from Reubens apologizing to fans for keeping his battle with cancer a secret. Reubens said he had been battling cancer for six years. He was 70.
As Pee-Wee, Reubens cameoed often in movies. Reubens also played Pee-wee in Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie, Back to the Beach, episodes of 227 and Sesame Street and Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker video as a voice and claymation puppet. He hosted Saturday Night Live as Pee-Wee in 1985.
Outside of Pee-wee costume, Reubens appeared in the film Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Batman Returns, Matilda, Blow and recently on What We Do in the Shadows and The Conners.
As a voice actor, Reubens played the voice of the spaceship in Flight of the Navigator, Lock in The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jokey Smurf in the recent Smurfs movies and various roles in television and video games.
Rest in peace Paul (and Pee-Wee). All our thoughts an prayers to his family and friends.
