Jimmy Boyd Dies

Jimmy Boyd, who as a skinny, red-headed kid of 12 recorded “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” then reprised it dozens of times on television variety shows in the 1950s and went on to an acting career in movies and television, died on Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 70 and lived on a sailboat moored in Santa Monica Bay.

The cause was cancer, said Eleanor Pillsbury, a longtime friend.

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Mr. Boyd was married from 1960 to 1962 to Yvonne Craig, an actress, and from 1980 to 1984 to the former Anne Forrey. Both marriages ended in divorce. He is survived by a son, Devon, from his second marriage.

Rest In Peace, Jimmy.