{"id":103014,"date":"2021-04-19T16:33:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103014"},"modified":"2021-04-19T16:33:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:33:58","slug":"addams-family-actor-felix-silla-dead-at-84-cause-of-death-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103014","title":{"rendered":"Addams Family Actor Felix Silla Dead at 84 &#8211; Cause of Death Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103014\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=103014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-103015 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Felix-Silla-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Felix-Silla-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Felix-Silla-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Felix-Silla-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Felix-Silla.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Felix Silla, known for his role of Cousin Itt on THE ADDAMS FAMILY died April 16, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a battle with cancer. He was 84.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Italy on January 11, 1937, Silla trained as a circus performer and came to the United States in 1955, touring with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus, where he showcased his talents as bareback horse rider, trapeze artist and tumbler. After his gig with Barnum &amp; Bailey he went to Hollywood and built a wonderful career in both television and film.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He is best known for his appearances in the film THE BLACK BIRD (1975), the television series BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY (1975) and the aforementioned THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1964-1966).<\/p>\n<p>His additional credits include PETTICOAT JUNCTION (1963-1970), THE MONKEES (1966-1968), PLANET OF THE APES (1968), BEWITCHED (1964-1972), LINCOLN (1974-1976), HALLOWEEN WITH THE NEW ADDAMS FAMILY (1977), BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978-1979), MORK &amp; MINDY (1978-1982), STAR WARS: EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983), THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (1979-1985), SPACEBALLS (1987), and BATMAN RETURNS (1992).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Felix Silla\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Felix Silla, known for his role of Cousin Itt on THE ADDAMS FAMILY died April 16, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a battle with cancer. He was 84. Born in Italy on January 11, 1937, Silla trained as a circus performer and came to the United States in 1955, touring with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[26326],"class_list":["post-103014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-addams-family-actor-felix-silla-dead-at-84-cause-of-death-revealed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103014"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}