LAKE BUTLER, Fla. (AP) – Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73. North died Sunday at his home in Florida after battling colon cancer, according to Laurie Jacobson, a longtime friend, and Bonnie Vent, who was his booking agent. North was 6 when he was cast as the smiling troublemaker in the CBS sitcom adaptation of the popular comic strip. Often wearing a striped shirt and overalls, Dennis’ antics frequently frustrated his retired next-door neighbor George Wilson. The show ran on Sundays until 1963. After that it was a fixture for decades in syndication.