Mekka starred as Carmine «The Big Ragu» on the hit TV series.
Eddie Mekka, who starred as the singing-dancing Carmine “The Big Ragu” Ragusa on the hit 1970s TV series “Laverne & Shirley” has died. He was 69. According to a Facebook post by a longtime friend, Mekka died on Saturday at his California home. The cause of death has not been revealed but the Facebook tribute noted the actor “passed away peacefully.” Mekka, born Edward Rudolph Mekjian in Worcester, Massachusetts, began his career in entertainment at the Worcester County Light Opera in Massachusetts as a voice instructor, according to the New York Post.
