He tried over and over again to call out, but it was impossible. Ron LaRue of the Los Angeles Police Department told The ENQUIRER the suicide was "apparently triggered by a phone conversation with her husband. Lieut. We ended up having sex. "She would not kill herself without making sure everybody knew why." We ended up having sex. Kelly Jean Van Dyke was an American actress and adult film performer. "And this suicide was one final desperate act to get his attention." The daughter of television actor Jerry Van Dyke, apparently upset over marital problems, killed herself in her North Hollywood apartment, Los Angeles police said Monday. While his infrequent starring roles were typically in poorly received sitcoms (My Mother the Car, one of the … He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.. Van Dyke made his television acting debut on The Dick Van Dyke Show with several guest appearances as Rob Petrie's brother Stacey. He was afraid Kelly might think he had hung up on her and he feared that could push her over the edge. "I was desperately crying out for him," said Kelly, "but once he was with [second wife] Shirley, he turned his back on the family." A look at where President Trump and Joe Biden stand on key issues in the 2020 election, including healthcare, immigration, racial justice and climate. After he won several Emmys for the role, Kelly Van Dyke cashed in on her father’s success with a 1992 porn film called “The Coach’s Daughter.” There was no answer. As an actress she was known for such television programs as My Mother the Car. In an exclusive interview just months before her death, Kelly told The ENQUIRER: "I was desperate for my father's attention and when I didn't get it, I went wild. A friend found the body of Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, 33, hanging in her bedroom about 5 p.m. Sunday, said Detective Mike Coffey.Investigators found no suicide note, Coffey said, but about 20 minutes before she was found, Van Dyke-Nance phoned her husband, an actor on location in Madera County, and spoke of killing herself, Coffey said. Jerry, meanwhile, blamed Kelly's porn career on drug use, saying: "I've done everything a father could do to help her overcome her addictions.
"Kelly had apparently looped the rope over the hook and around her neck, stood on a nearby chair and stepped off," said LaRue. I'm not sure there was anything anybody could do. She was the daughter of actor Jerry Van Dyke and niece of actor Dick Van Dyke. Jerry Butler added: "Kelly felt her dad never cared about her, but I'm not sure he could have saved her. Jerry, meanwhile, blamed Kelly's porn career on drug use, saying: "I've done everything a father could do to help her overcome her addictions. ""Kelly had started doing the porn films to get back at her father," said Lisa. Lisa was then married to porn star Jerry Butler, and was staying with Kelly following marital problems of her own. He tried over and over again to call out, but it was impossible. He added: "It doesn't make sense to me, and I won't rest until I get to the bottom of this! That footage would be a segment from a nighttime syndicated tabloid show — I think it was A Current Affair — reporting on the very tragic death of Kelly Van Dyke, the daughter of Jerry Van Dyke and the niece of Dick. Jack was frantic. "Jerry had to continue his Hollywood career as more porn films featuring Kelly were released through 1993. He added: "It doesn't make sense to me, and I won't rest until I get to the bottom of this! "And this suicide was one final desperate act to get his attention." Jerry Van Dyke spent his career living in the shadow of older brother Dick Van Dyke — only to have his heart broken by his porn-star daughter just as he found his own sitcom fame! But by the time police arrived at the couple’s Bellingham Avenue apartment, her friend had already found her dead, Coffey said.Van Dyke-Nance’s father recently received an Emmy nomination for his role on the ABC program “Coach.” Her uncle is actor Dick Van Dyke.For 10 years, downtown L.A. was booming with a youthful, renegade vibe. But after the shock of her death, the sitcom star later refused to believe that Kelly had killed herself.