Jimmy Hunt dead: Cheaper by the Dozen star dies after suffering heart attack
His daughter-in-law Alisa Hunt told The Hollywood Reporter that Jimmy had a heart attack six weeks ago and died Friday last week in a hospital in Simi Valley, in California.
Jimmy had a decades-long career in acting, including having appeared in the original Cheaper By the Dozen film, which was released in 1950.
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