Holocaust survivor and actor Robert Clary has died aged 96.
Clary famously played Corporal Louis LeBeau on TV series Hogan’s Heroes and news of his passing was confirmed confirmed by his granddaughter.
Kim Wright told The Hollywood Reporter that the star died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning (November 16).
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He starred alongside Bob Crane in the US war sitcom, which aired for six seasons between 1965 and 1971 and followed an American who led a group of Allied prisoners of war in a mission to beat the Nazis.
Clary had been the last surviving member of the show’s main cast until his passing.
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The actor also appeared in a number of films during his acting career, including Ten Tall Men and Thief of Damascus, and soaps such as Days of Our Lives.
Robert also turned his talents away from the screen as he graced the Broadway stage, working on a production of Seventh Heaven in 1955 alongside Ricardo Montalban and Bea Arthur.
Before his acting career, Robert had been sent to a concentration camp in Auschwitz after being born into an Orthodox Jewish family, where he was the youngest of 14 children.
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Tragically, his parents were killed in the gas chambers and he was the only member of his family to survive the horrific ordeal.
Clary opened up about the terrifying experience in 2015y, where he revealed his mum had told him to “do what they tell you to do”.
He told THR: “For 36 years I kept these experiences during the war locked up inside myself. But those who are attempting to deny the Holocaust, my suffering and the suffering of millions of others have forced me to speak out.”
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Robert explained his ability to perform may have kept him alive as he performed in front of SS soldiers every other week.
After his liberation from the camp he was relocated to France before moving to Los Angeles in 1949.
Clary said acting in Hogan’s Heroes was totally different to his real life experience as the show about prisoners of war in a stalag rather than a concentration camp.
He was also a painter and singer who featured on several jazz albums during his music career.
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