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- Birth nameNorman Myers Chaney
- Norman 'Chubby' Chaney was born on October 18, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Love Business (1930), Shivering Shakespeare (1929) and Pups Is Pups (1930). He died on May 29, 1936 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- ChildrenNo Children
- At the time of his burial, his mother could not afford a headstone. After 76 years, a headstone was placed in November 2012.
- Was tutored in facial expressions (particularly frowning) by slow-burn specialist Edgar Kennedy.
- Moon-faced member of "Our Gang" who replaced Joe Cobb as the perennial 'fat boy' after winning a national talent contest.
- Ironically, he weighed only 110 pounds at the time of his death.
- Norman "Chubby" Chaney was the first former "Little Rascal" to die. He was 21. Of the "Our Gang" regulars only Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin and Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins died at a younger age.
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