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Whitney Rydbeck
1945 - 2024
Whitney Rydbeck
1945 - 2024
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BORN
1945
DIED
2024
Whitney Rydbeck Obituary
Whitney Rydbeck was a film and television actor with a penchant for physical comedy, perhaps best known for portraying one of the original crash test dummies in a classic 1980s public safety campaign.
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Read the full obituary in Legacy's headline news section.
(Photo: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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