Rob Garrison

Robert Scott Garrison was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Tommy in the 1984 film The Karate Kid. He also had roles in the television shows Coach, St Elsewhere, MacGyver, and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Garrison died on September 27, 2019, at the age of 59.

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Summary Rob GarrisonRobert Scott Garrison was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Tommy in the 1984 film The Karate Kid, and the second season of its spinoff Cobra Kai. He also had roles in the television shows Coach, St Elsewhere, MacGyver, and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Garrison died on September 27, 2019, at the age of 59. He had been admitted to a West Virginia hospital for treatment of kidney and liver issues, where he had been hospitalized for a month until his organs shut down.

He left everything to his son Tony Messina as they returned to his hometown of Wheeling in 2004 and retired from full-time acting. In 2008, he went to work in management for Pittsburgh-based Eat n Park Hospitality Group, which operates 60 Eat’n Park restaurant locations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.