Background
He grew up in Estherville, Iowa.
He grew up in Estherville, Iowa.
He has two children, Sean Frye and Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster), and is the father-in-law of Jason Goldberg. Frye made an uncredited appearance in the 1969 film Easy Rider while working as a makeup artist. Frye suffered from Pick"s Disease or Frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Virgil Frye died at an Orange County nursing home on May 7, 2012.