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TV's Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'Brian, has died at 91
« on: September 05, 2016, 11:26:41 PM »
Another childhood hero has passed. :(


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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hugh O'Brian, who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television's first adult Western, has died. He was 91.

A representative from HOBY, a philanthropic organization O'Brian founded, says he died at home Monday morning in Beverly Hills.

Until "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" debuted in September 1955, most TV Westerns - "The Lone Ranger," ''Hopalong Cassidy," the singing cowboys' series - were aimed at adolescent boys.

"Wyatt Earp," on the other hand, was based on a real-life Western hero, and some of its stories were authentic. (The real Earp, who lived from 1848 to 1929, is most famous for his participation in the 1881 "Shootout at the O.K. Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona.)

Critics quickly praised it, and it made O'Brian a star.

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Re: TV's Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'Brian, has died at 91
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2016, 11:35:35 PM »
RIP

My FIL is 94 and goes to wok 6 days a week.

No joke -- he has the best job ever: one he loves.
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Re: TV's Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'Brian, has died at 91
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2016, 02:48:07 AM »
Quote from: freedumb2003b on September 05, 2016, 11:35:35 PM
RIP

My FIL is 94 and goes to wok 6 days a week.

No joke -- he has the best job ever: one he loves.
WOW!

What does your FIL do?
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Re: TV's Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'Brian, has died at 91
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2016, 08:48:21 AM »
Quote from: freedumb2003b on September 05, 2016, 11:35:35 PM
RIP

My FIL is 94 and goes to wok 6 days a week.

No joke -- he has the best job ever: one he loves.

It's undoubtedly one that keeps him going. Good stuff!  :cheersmate:
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