<P> Fafara remained with Leave It To Beaver for six years . After the show's cancellation in 1963, he attended North Hollywood High School . He became friendly with the pop - rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders and reportedly moved in with the band for a time . He developed an alcohol habit and began to use drugs . </P> <P> At his parents' instigation, Fafara went to live with his sister in Jamaica, where he tried his hand at painting; however, he continued to drink and use narcotics . He then returned to Los Angeles at the age of 22 where he was married briefly . He supported himself by dealing narcotics . In the 1980s he was arrested for breaking into pharmacies seven times . Fafara was sentenced to a year in jail after being arrested and convicted for an eighth burglary . After his release from jail, Fafara tried several jobs but eventually returned to dealing drugs . </P> <P> Fafara later developed an addiction to heroin and was in and out of rehabilitation centers for many years . He became sober in 1995 . </P> <P> Fafara spent the final eight years of his life clean and sober, initially living in a house for recovering addicts and alcoholics, then in a subsidized apartment" in downtown Portland, Oregon . He lived on Social Security checks of $475 per month until his hospitalization in 2003 . Due to his addiction to heroin, he contracted hepatitis C . </P>

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