Police Academy star Art Metrano has died at the age of 84. The stand-up comedian had a long career in show business that saw him get massive laughs on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson Show and The Dean Martin Show. Most younger fans would know him as the haughty Ernie Mauser in the second and third sequels from the Police Academy franchise. He passed away from natural causes in Aventura, Florida. Harry Metrano, his son, confirmed the news with The Hollywood Reporter. The comedian actually had a scary incident back in 1989 where a fall from a ladder left him with quadriplegia. However, Metrano did not let that stop him from show business. He made a one-man stage show about the experience called Merano’s Accidental Comedy. “He was at the peak of his career when that happened, and then it just stopped,” his son told THR. “But he managed to enjoy life and overcome adversity.”
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