Overview
- A family representative and publicist confirmed Eimen died Friday and cited prostate cancer as the cause.
- He first appeared as a classmate in the Leave It to Beaver pilot and later had roles on The Twilight Zone and the NBC sitcom McKeever and the Colonel.
- Eimen was discovered in first grade by a children's talent agent who was a friend of his teacher after his family moved to the Los Angeles area.
- After leaving acting, he pursued music, spent over a decade teaching English in Japan, then worked about 25 years as an international flight attendant before retiring in 2020.
- He is survived by his wife Midori, sons Daniel and Chris, and grandsons Lucas and Oliver, with no funeral planned and a memorial service to be scheduled; reports differ on whether his diagnosis came in September or October.