Posted on 03/18/2010 12:26:36 PM PDT by Borges
Fess Parker -- who played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone -- has died of natural causes ... a rep confirms with TMZ.
Parker -- who also starred in "Old Yeller" -- owned the DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara and the Wine Country Inn & Spa in Los Olivos, CA.
Parker married Marcella Rinehart in 1960. They had two kids.
He was 85.
Thank you, Mr. Parker. RIP
I don’t know that person. Never heard the name before and I doubt it’s someone that a large percentage of people have.
I don’t discount his/her death, but I don’t think it’s a big enough name to count for the three.
Aw gee . . . Rest In Peace, Sir.
Clint Walker ( Cheyenne - and another good guy off screen as well ) was in the Dirty Dozen. Everybody’s getting the big guys confused.
Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton dies; known for influential work with Box Tops and Big Star
StarTribune.com ^ | 3/18/10 | AP
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Influential Guitarist, Singer Alex Chilton Dies; known for influential work with Box Tops, Big Star
ABC News ^ | March 17, 2010
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The Box Tops are known for “The Letter” (”send me a ticket for an airplane...”)
“#1 Record” by Big Star contains ‘In the Street’, it was the the theme of “That 70’s show”.
Albert Salmi was a strange case, no previous record or anything, an acting coach. Aaccording to the daughter the wife was dying and the two of them spent the last week of their lives drinking and perhaps sharing her prescription meds. Possible mercy killing, but obviously fueled by the junk they had consumed during that week. The daughter said she knew they were acting strange, but did not think they had gone that far over the edge. I feel odd even discussing this on a thread about Mr. Parker as he was so NOT like that.
My parents bought me a replica of Betsy when I was 5, it shot corks. I still have it, although I have to keep it out of sight as it seems to “scare” some people.(Of a certain political persuasion.)
If you are really interested in Danial Boone era American history I strongly recommend a book called “The Frontiersman” by Alan Eckert. It is a biography of Simon Kenton a contemporary of Boone who actually ran with him a bit. (save his life twice, in fact) He was the quintessential frontiersman and his life was literally a thrill a minute. The book reads like an Indiana Jones movie, non stop adventure and every line in the book is true. The book is labeled historical fiction BUT, Eckert takes everything in the book from historical sources, even the dialogue. (from diaries and such). Non-fiction narrative would be a better description as it read like a novel. The portrait of noble Tecumseh the Indiana Chief and his insane medicine man brother is haunting. Kenton and Tecumseh had a two decade battle going on. Trust me, if you like frontier history you will love this book and probably want to explore the series it is a part of.
Well, sounds like a very successful person.
Not an icon though and not someone who nearly everyone of a certain age would instantly recognize.
Ol Yeller was a really good movie but like Shennadoa just
too darn sad for me
Loved Davy Crockett,Fess was really good in it
R.I.P. Fess Parker
I shall open a bottle of his very fine chardonnay and toast my hero of the 50’s. RIP.
Merline Olsen and Corey Haim died in successive days.
Merlin died over a week ago. Not really part of the latest “3” unless you like stretching.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2010
Me too. And I loved the shows, knew all the words to the songs and spent a lot of time doing battle with imaginary redcoats. Well ok the neighbor kids weren’t imaginary, only their redcoats were.
whatever. it’s not that important.
I`ve still got the Mad Magazine spoof of King of the River
Pretty darn good adventure movie.
RIP Fess
I miss old tv. When I go back and see some of these programs, I am astonished by the scripts since they use vocabulary the general population today would not understand. It’s amazing. No, they weren’t realistic all the time, but they were much better written. Route 66 in particular is a revelation.
Gotta love the golden coon skin cap logo on his wine bottles.
And some fine wines as well.
However, my favorite Fess parker film:
My husband and I always glance at each other to see who is going to tear up first, then one of us will start to snicker if the other one cries and we finally end up with both of us laughing so hard we are crying. Never fails.
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