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Published On 26 Nov 2025
Published On 26 Nov 2025
Hollywood stalwart John Eimen has tragically died at the age of 76, following a battle with prostate cancer. The actor is best known for his roles as a child star in classic American shows such as Leave It to Beaver and McKeever And The Colonel. John’s family announced he sadly died on November 21 at his home in Washington, just months after he bravely revealed on Facebook that his diagnosis was “advanced”.
He shared a cheerful photo of himself in the sincere post at the time. He added that he had been blessed with wonderful friends, a loving family, and 75 wonderful years and that it had been “advanced” and that it had been “advanced.” Many of you, thank you all. “
When John was a child star, John’s most successful years in Hollywood came when he collaborated with some of the most recognizable actors of the era’s classic. Robert Stack, Jackie Coogan, Barbara Billingsley, and even Ronald Reagan, a former president, were among them.
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He was 18 years old when he started getting more credited roles than many actors in their entire careers. In 1957, the late actor played Theodore Cleaver’s classmate in the series premiere of Leave It to Beaver, which was his first appearance.
He became a regular fixture on the series, starring in several more episodes throughout its run until 1963, reports the Express. In 2020, the star discussed his experiences as a child actor during a podcast interview on Classic Conversations With Jeff Dwoskin .
He later admitted that he had done a lot of these shows, and that frequently he would simply be told that I would have to be at a specific studio at a specific time. Not that much was really needed in the case of working as an extra, especially. Simply show up and have appropriate attire.
He continued, stating that as he “progressively started getting better parts” in the industry, with his standout performance in the lead role in the 1962 Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, alongside J. Pat O’Malley.
His early work included appearances on The Untouchables, Petticoat Junction, Have Gun-Will Travel, Wagon Train, Bachelor Father, and The Rebel. The actor then jumped at the chance to play the role of Jane Wyman’s son in a 1961 drama series called Dr Kate, which he had been anticipating for a while.
He stated in an interview that given Ms. Wyman’s status as an Academy Award-winning actress, the program had the potential to continue running for many years.
She resisted the offer, claiming dissatisfaction with the channel’s proposed “after-prime time” schedule slot. Instead, the pilot was turned into a Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse anthology TV series. He relocated to Japan in 1974, where he spent ten years teaching English and working as a solo singer-guitarist in one of Osaka’s hipster clubs.
After serving for a quarter of a century, he eventually returned to the US, where he began a position as a flight attendant for a prestigious airline. He eventually gave up his wings in late 2020.
Eimen leaves his 51-year-old wife Midori, their two sons Lucas and Chris, and their two grandchildren. Although there won’t be a funeral, plans are being made for a memorial service, according to his family.
Following news of his death, fans took to Twitter/X to share messages of condolence. One user wrote: Rest in peace, John Eimen, a familiar face from television’s past.”
Joe Marchant has been given a long-term contract by the Sale Sharks starting next season.
When Stade Francais’ top 14 team, Stade Francais, finishes their campaign, the centre will return to England.
Marchant, 29, has played more than 50 games for the Paris-based club during his first two years there.
Prior to making his move to Paris, Marchant had spent the majority of his career at Harlequins, where he had played more than 150 games and was a member of the team that won the Prem title in 2021.
He was first chosen for England in 2019, and he can start aiming for more caps once more in the coming year.
It will be great to play with a lot of the young men at the club again, Marchant said on the Sale website.
“Sale have some of the nation’s top players, and I’m excited to play with them.”
I’d like to rejoin England, but I know I must first revert to the prem and deliver some strong performances for Sale.
Sale rugby director Alex Sanderson thinks it is a deal that works for both parties with Marchant’s arrival.
Joe Sanderson said, “Of course, Joe wants to play in the World Cup, and that’s one of his motivations for coming back.”
He believes that’s why he needs to play for a championship-winning team, and he thinks that’s how we do that.
Coronation Street star Tina O’Brien has reportedly split from her boyfriend with pictures of him wiped from her Instagram page. Tina is said to have began dating Adam Fadle over the summer – but now it looks like their romance is over. The actress and the millionaire interior designer first went public when they attended her co-star Jack P Shepherd’s wedding back in July.
However, sources have now said that Tina called off the relationship after saying it “wasn’t going anywhere”. According to friends, Adam was left blindsided as he thought their was real potential in the relationship. Tina has not yet confirmed that they have split. However, she has removed all traces of Adam from her Instagram which includes memories of when they went to Greece on a romantic holiday in September.
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The initial romance came months after her seven-year marriage to Adam Crofts ended last Christmas. The Mail reported that a source said: “Tina loved being with Adam, it was exactly what she needed after her marriage ended. They had fun together, and he was refreshingly different from her previous partners.
She soon realized that she had a deep conviction about investing in something that she knew was not going anywhere and that she wasn’t fully committed to it. Adam was disappointed when Tina removed all of their Instagram photos, despite his differing feelings.
For the first time since becoming friends in Cheshire, Tina and Adam, who are four years younger than the actress, met through mutual friends.
After seven years of marriage last Christmas, Tina and Adam Crofts split. Although the separated couple are said to be on amicable terms, their very different lifestyles, with Tina allegedly enjoying a showbiz party and Adam reportedly preferring the quiet life, had a toll on their marriage.
The former couple wed in a surprise New Year’s Eve ceremony in 2018 after first meeting at a coffee shop in Manchester in 2011. However, when she shared a photo of herself at Colson Smith’s departure party, split rumors started to spread.
Friends subsequently confirmed that the pair had split and that after moving house at Christmas had decided to live separately for the time being. Tina also shares a daughter Scarlett, 16, also an actress on Waterloo Road, with ex Ryan Thomas, who recently returned to Coronation Street.
It raised eyebrows, but probably didn’t come as a huge surprise. Cristiano Ronaldo is available to play for Portugal in their opening matches at the World Cup, despite his red card against the Republic of Ireland.
Why? Because Fifa decided to suspend for one year the final two matches of his suspension.
Under Fifa’s disciplinary code for violent conduct, Ronaldo should have received a three-match ban for elbowing Dara O’Shea during Portugal’s 2-0 qualifying defeat earlier this month.
Yet Fifa’s disciplinary committee said it took into account that he had not received a red card in his other 225 international appearances.
He served one match in the final qualifier against Armenia. The other two will only be activated if he “commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during the probationary period”.
So Ronaldo is free to join arch rival Lionel Messi at the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer.
In short, yes. There is a clause in the disciplinary code which effectively gives Fifa the right to cut or cancel any ban as it sees fit.
Article 27 says Fifa can “fully or partially suspend” a disciplinary measure for “a probationary period of one to four years”.
There has not been a World Cup reprieve quite the same as Ronaldo’s, where a three-match ban has remained in place but partially suspended.
But there several other examples of Fifa looking kindly upon players, reducing their ban from the mandatory punishment.
The World Cup finals are the pinnacle of most players’ careers. Articles 25 and 27 give Fifa the freedom to consider the merits and impact of a suspension. And it’s not only been about star players.
In 2014, France defender Laurent Koscielny was sent off for slapping Ukraine’s Oleksandr Kucher in the first leg of the World Cup play-off.
Like Ronaldo, Koscielny was automatically banned for his country’s final qualifying fixture. Fifa then chose not to extend the Arsenal centre-back’s suspension beyond one match, allowing him to play at the World Cup.
Croatia’s Mario Mandzukic should have missed the opening two games of the 2014 finals after he was sent off for serious foul play in the second leg of the play-off win over Iceland.
Fifa gave him a one-game ban, meaning he could play the second match against Cameroon – a 4-0 win in which he scored twice.
Towards the end of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, Netherlands midfielder Phillip Cocu was sent off for an alleged retaliatory elbow on an Albania player.
Fifa chose to ban Cocu for two matches, meaning he missed the final Uefa qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Macedonia, but was free for the opening match of the World Cup.
Japan’s Makoto Hasebe was sent off for an elbow at the end of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, and like Cocu was given two matches. He was not so lucky, however, as the second match was the first game of the World Cup.
Likewise, Iran’s Saeid Ezatolahi was sent off for bringing his boot down on the head of an opponent in their penultimate qualifier. Fifa chose to give the midfielder two games rather than three, and he missed just the first game at the 2018 World Cup.
In 2002, Mexico midfielder Jesus Arellano was given a three-match ban for violent conduct against Costa Rica. He missed the final qualifier against Honduras and was set to sit out the first two matches of the World Cup.
England midfielder Lauren James was sent off at the 2023 Women’s World Cup for standing on the back of Nigeria’s Michelle Alozie.
James feared she would get a three-match suspension, meaning she would be ruled out for the remainder of the tournament.
But Fifa decided to give James two games and she was able to return as a substitute in England’s 1-0 final defeat by Spain.
England also had success with Wayne Rooney’s suspension for Euro 2012.
The Manchester United striker was given a three-match ban for kicking Miodrag Dzudovic during a 2-2 draw with Montenegro in the final qualifier.
There are a few cases, and players who are sent off in their last competitive game before the finals will always miss at least one game.
At the 2006 World Cup, Germany striker Mike Hanke was very unlucky.
A year earlier, Hanke had been sent off for serious foul play against Mexico in the third-place play-off at the Confederations Cup.
Germany didn’t have another competitive game for a whole year, as hosts of the 2006 World Cup, but Fifa stuck with the mandatory two-match ban.
Hanke was still picked for the squad even though he was suspended, and made one 19-minute appearance – ironically in another third-place play-off – as Germany beat Portugal.
In October this year, Qatar centre-back Tarek Salman was sent off in the second leg of his country’s final qualifier against the United Arab Emirates and given the statutory two-match suspension for serious foul play.
Ecuador’s Moises Caicedo and Argentina’s Nicolas Otamendi will have to sit out the first game of next year’s finals after being sent off for two bookable offences in their final qualifying matches.
The same fate was suffered by Colombia’s Fredy Guarin in 2014 and Serbia and Montenegro’s Nemanja Vidic in 2006.
