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The Los Angeles Police Department, who have not identified Bean as the victim, said they were called about a fatal collision that took place on Venice Boulevard at around 7:30 p.m.
A friend of the actor who witnessed the collision also told the outlet that Bean had been killed in the collision.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
Orson Bean with Tom Poston, Kitty Carlisle, and host Bud Collyer on the set ofTo Tell the Truth.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
The collision took place outside of the Pacific Resident Theatre, friends of Bean told ABC7 Eyewitness News. They also told the outlet that at the time, Bean, who was a company member, was headed to the theater where his wife of 23 years, actress Alley Mills, was working.
Mills was best known for playing matriarch Norma Arnold onThe Wonder Years.
The pair had recentlystarred in the world premiereof a new play at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, which ended its run last week.
The Pacific Resident Theatre did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Bean kicked off his decades-long career in the 1950s, when he began appearing onThe Tonight Show.He went on to appear on the program over 200 times, according to the Associated Press.
The actor and comedian, who was blacklisted in the 1950s, was a frequent panelist on game showTo Tell the Truthand was also a guest onSuper PasswordandMatch Game.
In the 90s, he also acted inDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, playing shopkeeper Loren Bray, and more recently he has appeared on episodes ofDesperate Housewives,How I Met Your Mother,Modern Family, andGrace and Frankie.
He also starred inBeing John MalkovichandThe Equalizer 2and has worked extensively for the stage, even receiving a Tony nomination for best featured actor in a musical in 1961 for his role inSubways Are for Sleeping.
source: people.com
