Jack Lilley, Little House on the Prairie Actor, Dead at 91

The cast of Little House on the Prairie is in mourning.

Jack Lilley, who played multiple roles on the classic TV series in the ’70s and ’80s, has died, his granddaughter confirmed. He was 91.

“The man who started it all. Figuratively and literally,” Savannah Dawn Lilley wrote on Instagram March 20. “The card shark, the horse trader, the wrangler, the man with a story for everything, he always knew someone who could help if he couldn’t, known to many as friend, storyteller, joker, and a heck of a horseman, and his favorite, PAPA.”

“Jack went to be with his bride, Irene, tonight,” she continued. “He just couldn’t bear another second without her. You left one heck of a mark on this world, Papa. Your laugh and spark in your eyes when you saw the ones you loved will stay with us forever.”

Jack’s Little House alum Melissa Gilbert also honored her costar with a heartfelt social media tribute.