Black-and-white television devotees will be saddened to learn that Fort Worth-born Fess Parker died today at the age of 85. He played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in the early days of television.
For movie trivia lovers, he also was the man in the psych ward who claimed to have seen flying saucers in Them!
Following his days in Hollywood, Fess and his wife Marcella went into the real estate and winery businesses. Until today they lived happily ever after in Santa Barbara, Calif.
If you have a Davy Crockett lunch box, you might want to take it to work tomorrow.
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