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October / November 2015

Irwin Keyes Dies Unexpectedly ; To His Fans, He Leaves Behind An Astonishing

Foreword He Wrote For The Camp Crystal Lake Diaries' Latest Horror Book
By David Zernhelt
Earlier this year, veteran actor,
Irwin Keyes had just finished
publishing a biography book
about his life titled, Hollywood
The Hard Way. A book that
hasn't yet been heard too much
about, but is set to be released
sometime in 2016. In the short
time that would follow, Keyes's
last act would be a foreword he
wrote for The Camp Crystal Lake
Diaries book titled, Friday The
13th : History, Film Locations, &
The Untold. Keyes's sister, Ilene
Glick, who resides in the state of
New York, confirmed to The
Camp Crystal Lake Diaries by
phone that about a week after
Keyes did the book foreword, he
had fallen much more ill and had
gotten worse from that point on.
The Camp Crystal Lake Diaries
was later contacted by Glick again
on the afternoon of July 8th. She
wrote, Lost Irwin last night. in
her message.
And so, it was official, but
very sad news veteran actor,
Irwin Keyes, a character actor,
who specialized in playing
villains and henchmen, and who
also had a recurring role as a
bodyguard on The Jeffersons,
died. He lived to be 63 years old.
The Camp Crystal Lake Diaries
highly recognized his role as the
bus boy in Friday The 13th,

bus boy in Friday The 13th

(1980). Keyes remembered
being inside of what used to
be known as Hartung's
General Store in Hope, N.J.
back in 1979, while Friday
The 13th was in its early
production stages. He would
sometimes joke with me about
Hartung's former store and
once wrote to me saying,
That was me playing a bus
boy inside of Hartung's. I was
holding a broom and it was so
early on in my life...when I
had all of my hair!
Irwin Keyes's manager,
Travis Engle, said that the
cause of Keyes' death was
complications of acromegaly,
a disorder in which the
pituitary
gland
produces
excess growth hormone. The
condition, which Engle said
Keyes had his entire life, can
cause changes in facial bone
structure
and
lead
to
premature death. Keyes had
been living at a rehabilitation
center in the Playa del Rey
area of Los Angeles, Ca. for
the last two years.
Born on March 16, 1952,
in New York City, N.Y.,
Irwin Keyes began his film
career in 1978. Early on, he
had small roles in films
including
The
Warriors
(1979), Friday the 13th

(1979), Friday the 13th (1980),

Woody Allens Stardust Memories
(1980), and bigger roles on
television sitcoms like Laverne and
Shirley, Married With Children,
and, most notably, The Jeffersons,
whereas he was seen in several
episodes as Hugo Mojelewski,
George Jeffersons bodyguard. He
later
played
the
malicious
henchman, Wheezy Joe in the Coen
brothers film Intolerable Cruelty
(2003), and Fred and Barneys
friend Joe Rockhead in The
Flintstones (1994), and The
Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
(2000).
The Camp Crystal Lake Diaries
released a book on May 9th of this
year titled, Friday The 13th :
History, Film Locations, & The
Untold. The book's forewords are
by the now late veteran actor,
Irwin Keyes and William Pattison
(a.k.a. Eric Morse), who wrote The
Camp Crystal Lake novels. Fans
can purchase this book at
(www.authordavidzernhelt.webs.co
m) along with author autographs
from the Memorabilia section of
that same website. The Camp
Crystal Lake Diaries still has its
previous book available, which was
released in February of 2014. That
book's title is, An Exploration Into
Friday The 13th : Friday The 13th
(1980). It too is also available to
fans from the author's website.