On Monday, Daniel Burda, 41, pleaded no contest to charges of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of a corpse in connection with the death of Dennis W. Day. Day was an actor and a gay icon.
Burda’s plea, which holds the same legal weight as a guilty plea, acknowledged that the state had enough evidence to prove his criminal charges at trial. This concession resulted in a relatively lenient sentence of just four years in prison.
Day was an original cast member on the Walt Disney “Mickey Mouse Club” television series in the 1950s. He was also a pioneer for gay rights.
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Day’s acting career starting at the age of 10 alongside Annette Funicello in 1955.
He came out as gay to his family when he turned 18. and moved to San Francisco, California. In a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone Day came out as gay.
