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Actor, Tommy Rettig, was born Thomas Noel Rettig on Dec 10, 1941 in Queens, NY. Rettig died at the age of 54 on Feb 15, 1996 in Marina del Rey, CA .

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For the last ten or so years of his life (starting 1984, maybe earlier), Tom was a computer software developer working on business application frameworks. He was regarded as one of the experts; a software guru in the area of desktop PC database applications such as dBase. At the time of his untimely death, he was a central figure in the community of FoxPro database developers and his passing was felt professionally and personally by many who had come to know Tom as a visionary and as generous mentor.

TV folklore has it that when the producers had narrowed the casting down to three boy juveniles for the part of Lassie's young master, they allowed Lassie herself to make the final decision. Supposely the dog walked straight over to Tommy and affectionately nuzzled the boy, thus winning him the role.

More than anything else, due to his shortness in height (5' 4"), his adult career never panned out.

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