Lander suffered for decades from multiple sclerosis.
https://www.tmz.com/2020/12/05/laverne-and-shirley-squiggy-david-lander-dead-dies-ms-multiple-sclerosis/

RIP, "Squiggy"! :(

I’m glad his suffering is finally over but this breaks my heart. December is a cruel month to the L&S cast.

RIP, David. :(

Sorry to hear this! :( May he rest in peace!

I’m glad his suffering is finally over but this breaks my heart. December is a cruel month to the L&S cast.

RIP, David. :(

Sad but true, rest in peace David

This is sad to find out about, but at least his suffering is over.

R.I.P., David Lander. :( I enjoyed you a lot as Squiggy on L&S. The last time I saw a picture or video of him he looked okay.

Here’s a clip from “Entertainment Tonight”. I think it is from 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8PGGOjNto

:rip:

Michael McKean on Twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/MJMcKean/status/1335310015599611908

Cindy Williams on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbmKiujISk/

Michael McKean on Twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/MJMcKean/status/1335310015599611908

Cindy Williams on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIbmKiujISk/
Thank you for the links. I was thinking Cindy Williams posted about David Landers on Twitter but she didn’t.

I was getting ready to watch that Saturday Night Live sketch with the Quentin Tarantino version of "Welcome Back Kotter," just because of the brief appearance of Michael McKean and David Lander as Lenny and Squiggy. NBC has practically eliminated all videos of that. You can't even find it on the official SNL Website.

ohno:

RIP.

Squiggy always made me laugh.

Very sad. May he rest in peace.

Thank you for the links. I was thinking Cindy Williams posted about David Landers on Twitter but she didn’t.

You're welcome. Here is a tribute from MeTV:

https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-david-lander-squiggy-from-laverne-shirley

I was getting ready to watch that Saturday Night Live sketch with the Quentin Tarantino version of "Welcome Back Kotter," just because of the brief appearance of Michael McKean and David Lander as Lenny and Squiggy. NBC has practically eliminated all videos of that. You can't even find it on the official SNL Website.

ohno:

RIP.

I just checked YouTube, and the sketch was nowhere to be found.

Another tweet from Michael McKean:

https://mobile.twitter.com/MJMcKean/status/1335663608731058176

A very funny guy. Lenny and Squiggy were great. Thanks for the links to those messages. I looked on Cindy's Twitter account, so I'm glad to see what she wrote. She and David dated for awhile during the show. I remember when she announced it while they were all on Dinah Shore's talk show. I don't think it lasted too long, and Penny or Cindy said it just made things too complicated on the set.

That show had some biggest laughs ever on a sitcom and they came from Laverne and Shirley, and Lenny and Squiggy. Or the four of them together.
Extremely funny stuff.

I just checked YouTube, and the sketch was nowhere to be found.

The only place I've seen that lately, was on somebody's twitter page, and it was in two parts. I'm really surprised NBC's SNL page doesn't have it.

Rest in peace, he was so good in the role of Squiggy.

Fun Fact

Squiggy & Shirley dated in real life for the 1st few seasons of L & S

Fun Fact

Squiggy & Shirley dated in real life for the 1st few seasons of L & S

Everyone knows that but too bad it did not work out, it would have been cool if they got married in real life

Rest in peace Squiggy

I'm pretty sure that David's widow, Kathy Fields-Lander, and daughter, Natalie Lander, are glad that things worked out the way they did. I'm pretty sure that Cindy Williams' two children feel the same way. https://www.fandango.com/people/david-l-lander-378784/photos

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A very funny guy. Lenny and Squiggy were great. Thanks for the links to those messages. I looked on Cindy's Twitter account, so I'm glad to see what she wrote. She and David dated for awhile during the show. I remember when she announced it while they were all on Dinah Shore's talk show. I don't think it lasted too long, and Penny or Cindy said it just made things too complicated on the set.

That show had some biggest laughs ever on a sitcom and they came from Laverne and Shirley, and Lenny and Squiggy. Or the four of them together.
Extremely funny stuff.

No problem. I couldn’t find anything on Cindy's Twitter account, so I decided to look on her Instagram instead.

The only place I've seen that lately, was on somebody's twitter page, and it was in two parts. I'm really surprised NBC's SNL page doesn't have it.

I will look and see if I can find it.

Blog post from Pavan:

https://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2020/12/remembering-david-l-lander-of-laverne.html