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NATO Diplomats: 'It Was Awful'
As Metis Digital outlines, Benji Gregory Hertzberg was born in 1978 to a family steeped in the entertainment industry to the point where his involvement in the arts was “almost inevitable.” His mother was a talent agent and his father a stage actor, and young Gregory started popping up in commercials and TV shows. He showed up in ALF the role of Danny Tanner at the age of 8, and appeared in the show for all 103 episodes from 1986 until it went off the air in 1990.
Judging by public support on Instagram, Benji Gregory remained in the hearts and minds of fans long after ALF finished some 34 years ago. “It’s so sad … Hope he may rest in peace. It feels so weird. Much too young to die,” one user wrote. “Both rest in peace,” another person wrote of a picture with Benji and his dog, Hans, who seemed like Benji’s constant companion. Another fan said simply and sincerely, “RIP Benji and pug. I loved Alf as a kid.” On Facebook, meanwhile, Benji Gregory’s fan page moderator Adam Casto wrote, “I’m absolutely gutted. He was a dear friend to me.” For her part, his sister Rebecca Hertzberg-Pfaffinger wrote in her Facebook death announcement, “Ben was a great Son, Brother and Uncle … I find myself laughing at little videos or notes of his, in between crying.”
