A man charged in the death of Dennis Day, an original cast member on Walt Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Club” television program in the 1950s, has been sentenced to just over four years in prison after entering a modified guilty plea this week.

PHOENIX, Ore. - A man has been arrested in the death of Dennis Day, one of the first cast members of the 1950s TV show, "The Mickey Mouse Club." Day was reported missing in July 2018 by his husband, who suffers from memory loss, after he failed to visit him at the hospital for several weeks. Later that month, officers conducted a search of the home after receiving reports of "bad smell" coming from the area. Nearly a year later, in April, Phoenix police officers found Day's body inside the home with the help of a cadaver dog. Day was one of the first cast members of "The Mickey Mouse Club," the 1950s television variety show aimed at children.