His cousin, Sharon Chapman, announced the news on her Facebook page on Thursday.  “My cousin, Bill Byrge, passed away in the Nashville area today at 12pm. He was a beautiful soul who made people ...

Bill Byrge, an actor who played Bobby in several of the "Ernest" comedy films, died on Monday at the age of 92 in Nashville, ...

"He was a beautiful soul who made people laugh without even trying," his cousin, Sharon Chapman, wrote on Facebook.

The poster for “Ernest Saves Christmas.” Touchstone Pictures Chapman didn’t state the cause of death. Byrge is best known for starring on the 1980s children’s “Ernest” franchise ...

It’s Ernest” and “Ernest Saves Christmas,” which is notable for being shot almost entirely on the Walt Disney World property outside of Orlando, Florida. He co-starred in the two other ...

as well as several movies like Ernest Goes To Jail and Ernest Saves Christmas. Chapman revealed that Byrge died at his own residence in his home state of Tennessee, while remembering her cousin to ...

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Byrge went on to appear alongside Varney as the character Bobby in the 1988 film “Ernest Saves Christmas” and TV show, “Hey, Vern, It’s Ernest!,” 1990’s “Ernest Goes to Jail,” 1991 ...

In 1988, he would appear as the silent, silly Bobby in the television series “Hey Vern, It’s Ernest” and “Ernest Saves Christmas,” which is notable for being shot almost entirely on the Walt Disney ...