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thelongrun
06-03-2011, 11:09 PM
Another great Actor guy is gone... So sorry, I grew up watching his tv series with my Dad...


http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv-news.en.ap.org/tv-news.en.ap.org-20110603-us_obit_james_arness (http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv-news.en.ap.org/tv-news.en.ap.org-20110603-us_obit_james_arness)

Ive always been a dreamer
06-04-2011, 12:04 PM
Thanks tlr. I remember watching Gunsmoke all the time when I was young. Matt Dillon was one of my western heroes. My thoughts are with his family and friends.

R.I.P. James Arness

sodascouts
06-04-2011, 12:50 PM
RIP!

Koala
06-05-2011, 04:14 AM
RIP, I remember watching Gunsmoke too!

TimothyBFan
06-06-2011, 08:27 AM
This saddens me. What a great actor he was on many levels.

BTW--our son was named after his character in Gunsmoke, thanks to my SIL who is a huge fan of Gunsmoke. She told us that if we didn't call him either Dillon or Marshall, she would call him Festus (also from Gunsmoke) for the rest of his life. :hilarious:

sodascouts
06-06-2011, 09:27 AM
Wow - I didn't know that! I thought you guys were just being creative with that spelling. ;)

TimothyBFan
06-06-2011, 12:23 PM
Nope-he was going to be Gage until we saw Pet Cemetery while I was pregnant and then we didn't know. When SIL joked about calling him Festus if we didn't name him Dillon, Larry & I looked at each other and said, "that's it!". :hilarious:

Brooke
06-06-2011, 03:29 PM
Too funny, Willie! I kinda like Festus though! :wink:

RIP. I remember the show, too. :sad: