THE former child star Claude Jarman Jr has died at the age of 90, his family has said.
Jarman died in his sleep from natural causes in his Kentfield, California, home on Sunday.
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His death comes more than 70 years after he landed a Juvenile Academy Award for his role in the 1946 classic The Yearling.
Years later, he received a regular-sized Oscar in recognition of his feat.
At the time he was the seventh person to win a Juvenile Academy Award.
Shirley Temple was the first winner of a juvenile Oscar in 1934, and other famous recipients include Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.
The last Juvenile Oscar was awarded to Hayley Mills, then 14, for her role in Pollyanna.
Jarman also starred in the 1950 western flick Rio Grande, which featured John Wayne.
He was also known for starring in the 1950s show Wagon Train and the TV series Centennial.
Jarman starred alongside the Canadian actor Raymond Burr in Centennial, who was best known for playing the suspected murderer in the Alfred Hitchcock flick Rear Window.
His career in the movies spanned decades, and he penned the book My Life and the Final Days of Hollywood, which was released in 2018.
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