‘Karate Kid’ Actor Robert Garrison Dead At 59

Robert Garrison, best known for playing Tommy in Columbia Pictures‘ Karate Kid has died at 59.

The actor died on Friday morning at a hospital in West Virginia, with his sister-in-law saying his passing wasn’t sudden.

According to his family, he had been in the hospital for around a month suffering from kidney and liver issues, shortly followed by his organs shutting down.

Robert was a child actor playing small roles in the late 1970s; landing his role as Tommy in Karate Kid in 1984 and The Karate Kid Part II. In Karate Kid, he is the Cobra Kai member who yelled, “Get him a body bag!”

His family are now arranging Robert’s funeral. He is survived by his brother, Patrick, and brother’s wife, Linda.

Rest in Peace.

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