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LOS ANGELES - Actor and stunt performer Ed Gale, famous for playing the horror icon "Chucky" in some of the "Child's Play" films, died at 61, according to TMZ and a relative.

What we know:

A source told TMZ that Gale died Tuesday in hospice in Los Angeles.

What they're saying:

"It is with a heavy heart and a surprisingly light coffin (see what I did there?) that we announce the sudden passing of our uncle... has taken his final bow and is now headlining in the afterlife," his niece, Kayse Gale, said in a Facebook post .

Who was Ed Gale?

The backstory:

According to Kayse, Ed hitched a ride to California when he was twenty years old with only $41.

His other roles include cult classic films like "Howard the Duck" and "Chopper Chicks in Zombietown."

Kayse said her unc

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