He did top quality tv from Bonanza on
I also loved Highway to Heaven.
I remember Michael Landon's death. I was so saddened by his loss.
I loved him as “Little Joe” on Bonanza, and then as Pa Ingalls.
My grandpa had pancreatic cancer. I don’t know how long we had him after his diagnosis. Maybe 2 months at most? It’s a bit foggy at this point, some 50 years later. I was just a kid. It was fast. He was in bad shape. Nobody should be in pain like that.
I remember him going on Johnny Carson to talk about it...his newly diagnosed cancer...then just a few months later he was gone. Little House was a good series. Even my grandma in England got to watch it. She loved Westerns and books about the West. My mom said she knew a lot of the names in the United States because of her reading of western books. :)
Little Joe on the Prairie.
From what I have heard many cast members got cancer due to filming on the Santa susana mountains large cancer cluster over there
During COVID and everything in lockdown I watched a LOT of Little House on the Prairie. Really came to like that series.
My step sister has just been diagnosed with Metastatic pancreatic cancer. 2-4 months without treatment, 4-6 with treatment.
The treatment is BRUTAL. I don’t know if she has made a decision on treatment. Hell of a choice.
Still as sweet as she was 52 years ago when she was 16 and I first met her. Her mother (91) is in good health and mentally very sharp. I know this is devastating for them.
‘Little House on the Prairie’ star Melissa Gilbert says Michael Landon’s ‘brutal’ cancer ‘decimated him’
Well, yeah. He’s dead so...
My mom died 3 months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Most times there’s no warning, no symptoms, nothing until it’s too late. Thank God she was never in much pain before she died.
A decent fella
Me too. That one got me bad.
It appears that early diagnosis is the key.
We had 2 relatives diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at about the same time in 2013.
The one diagnosed with stage 4 took all of the treatment possible, but died in 26 months.
The one diagnosed at stage 2 had all the treatment possible, which was extremely rough, but is still alive today.
It appears that early diagnosis is the key.
We had 2 relatives diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at about the same time in 2013.
The one diagnosed with stage 4 took all of the treatment possible, but died in 26 months.
The one diagnosed at stage 2 had all the treatment possible, which was extremely rough, but is still alive today.
"This man was the epitome of physical well-being," the former child star continued. "I always described him as an upside-down triangle, so strong, in such great shape, so healthy.
Her statements in the second paragraph oddly contradict her statements in the first.
He had a hit series every year without break from the age of 22:
Bonanza 1959-1973
Little House on the Prairie 1974-1983
Highway to Heaven 1984-1989
In 1954, he had the longest javelin throw by a high schooler in the United States that year. This earned him an athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California, but he subsequently tore his shoulder ligaments, putting an end to his days as a college athlete and as a student. Landon considered show business and served as an attendant at a service gas station opposite the studios of Warner Bros. He was eventually noticed by a local agent, then he did lots of TV and movie parts including “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” (1957).
He began writing and directing on Bonanza, which was the #1 TV show for 3 years. On Little House and Highway to Heaven, he was executive producer, director, writer and actor. Little House was a huge hit and one of the best TV series of all time. Some of the talent joined him from one series to the next.
I understand that some of extra kids on Little House were just kids from his neighborhood.
In a 2015 interview, Gilbert said of Landon, “He gave me so much advice...the overall idea that he pounded into me, from a little girl, into my brain was that nothing’s more important than ‘Home & Family’; no success, no career, no achievements, no accomplishments, nothing’s more important than loving the people you love and contributing to a community. Though we were working, really, really hard, we were ‘Not Saving The World’, one episode of television at a time, we’re just entertaining people and there are more important things to do... and have fun; no matter what.”
From wiki;
“The Loneliest Runner” is a semi-autobiographical made-for-television film written, produced and directed by Bonanza star Michael Landon. It first aired on December 20, 1976 on NBC...
...Michael Landon was the real-life version of the loneliest runner. As a child, he wet his bed until he was 14 and his mother, Peggy O’Neill, really did hang his sheets to dry outside of his bedroom window as punishment. The dysfunctional family life that Landon experienced during his early life was also similar to the ones in this autobiographical film.”
It took much courage and humility to reveal this.
A sad movie with a good ending.
So; It took him down by 10%? Very specific word, if you don’t know what a word means don’t use it.
“Michael Landon’s ‘brutal’ cancer ‘decimated him’ “
So; It took him down by 10%? Very specific word, if you don’t know what a word means don’t use it.