Published on july 11, 1997 04:00am edt. An underrated actor whose career was both made and trivialized by television,. Webkeith was predeceased by two of his children: His first son, michael, who died in childhood in 1963, and his daughter, daisy keith, who committed suicide at age 27. Webhe had been a heavy smoker until 1986, quitting a decade before his diagnoses. Webthe show, which told the tale of a bachelor who raises his orphaned nieces and nephew with the help of an english butler, also starred sebastian cabot, anissa jones and johnny whitaker. An officer and a gentleman. David lemuel keith was born on may 8, 1954 in knoxville, tennessee, the son of lemuel grady keith jr. Webbrian keith, the burly, gruff film and tv performer who gained his greatest fame in the 1960s sitcom classic “family affair,” shot and killed himself tuesday in the.
