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Philip McKeon is being remembered by his friends and co-stars in Hollywood. The former child star, who was best known for his role as Tommy Hyatt in the 1970s TV sitcom Alice, died Tuesday morning after battling a longtime illness. McKeon was 55.
On social media, fans and famous friends paid tribute to the late actor and brother of Facts of Life star Nancy McKeon.
Kim Fields, who knew Philip McKeon well after working with his sister on NBC’s The Facts of Life in the 1980s, took to Twitter to post a throwback photo of her with the actor when they were teens.
“My heart is broken &aches for my sister [Nancy McKeon] who just lost her brother Phil,” Fields wrote. “Pls cover her w/love & comforting grace. Her father recently passed. While we are grateful there’s no pain/suffering, we feel the hurt, cry the tears & moan in grief.”