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In the 1950s he and Troy Donahue "sneaked" through each other's fan mail to see who got the most. In the early 1980s they reunited and helped each other get sober.

In 1975, Merv Griffin hired Edd to host a new game-show called Wheel of Fortune (1983). Two half-hour pilots were filmed. NBC bought the show but didn't want Byrnes as host. Griffin replaced him with Chuck Woolery (who was later replaced with Pat Sajak).

Was a taxi driver in the late 1940s and was fired for doing push-ups during his break.

Father of Logan Byrnes, a news anchor for FOX's affiliate in Hartford, CT.

On 1/23/2005 he was ranked #5 in "TV Guide"'s list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols".

In July 2002 he was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, NC, along with Donna Douglas, Alex Cord, Johnny Duncan, Peggy Stewart, Jean Porter, Steve Mitchell and Kevin Greaves.

The son of Mary (Byrne) and Augustus "Gus" Breitenberger. He was of one-quarter German and three-quarters Irish descent.

His remains were cremated at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and his ashes were sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean.