Police Academy actor and comic Art Metrano has died at 84.
Metrano died of natural causes yesterday at his home in Aventura, Florida, according to Deadline.
He was well-known for playing officer Ernie Mauser in two Police Academy films but his career was derailed in the late 1980s after a serious home accident left him partially paralyzed.
‘Yesterday I lost my best friend, my mentor, my dad,’ Metrano’s son Harry Metrano posted today on Instagram.
‘He was and will always be the toughest man I know. I have never met someone who has over come more adversities than him.
‘He’s fought and won so much over the years that I always viewed him as indestructible, but the truth is we don’t live forever on earth, but a person’s spirit can live forever within you.’
Metrano ended his emotional post with a message directed to his late father.
‘Dad, you will always be a part of me and I will continue to live out your legacy,’ he wrote. ‘When someone came up with the quote, “legends never die,” I’m pretty sure they were talking about you dad.
