John Lawlor, who portrayed one of Cloris Leachman's co-workers on the CBS sitcom Phyllis and the Eastland School for Girls headmaster on the first season of the NBC comedy The Facts of Life, has died.

John Lawlor, known for his roles in the sitcoms Phyllis and The Facts of Life, has died at the age of 83. Lawlor died on Feb. 13 at a veterans’ hospice facility in Albuquerque, N.M., with his daughter Riel by his side,

John Lawlor, the actor who starred on The Facts of Life as the headmaster of Eastland Academy, has died at age 83 — and his former costars paid tribute to his memory amid the news. While an obituary announced earlier this month that Lawlor died at the Albuquerque veterans hospice on Feb.