Comedy actor Peter Van Norden has died at 75. Van Norden’s wife, Wendy, reported the actor’s death to TMZ on Friday. The New York native had several comedic roles in the 1980s and 90s, with his most notable as Officer Vinnie Schtulman in the 1985 crime film Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment and White House Chief of Staff John Sununu in the 1991 film The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear. Throughout his film career, which began in the late 1970s, the American actor also appeared in plays on Broadway and in theaters across the United States. His final feat was as Joe in Corktown ’39, which was performed last year at the Matrix Theater in Los Angeles. Van Norden reportedly died peacefully with his wife by his side, with whom he shares their son, Robert, in a Southern California hospice facility after dealing with several health conditions.
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