'The Sandlot' star Art LaFleur is dead at 78.
The actor died Wednesday following a 10-year battle with Parkinson's disease ... according to his wife,. We're told he died at his home surrounded by his children and Shelley -- and although he was in hospice care, Art was cracking jokes to try to make his family laugh in the time leading up to his death.
His wife is remembering Art as a"generous and selfless man" ... qualities she says carried over into his acting career,"but more importantly it was who he was for his family and friends." Art is most known, and beloved, for his role in 1993's"The Sandlot" -- but he was also in another big baseball flick, playing first baseman
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