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The following are named after Blocker: The Dan Blocker Room is on the second floor of the O'Donnell Heritage Museum in O'Donnell, Texas, where he was brought up. [citation needed] Dan Blocker Beach is in Malibu, California. [17] [18] Dan Blocker Avenue is a street in the Boulder Ranch development in Henderson, Nevada. [citation needed]
He died in 2010 at the age of 81. Dan Blocker (Eric "Hoss" Cartwright) Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images. Blocker played Cartwright son Eric, who was better known as Hoss. Blocker ...
Season 14 included a number of changes in casting. Dan Blocker died in May 1972 after season thirteen ended, leaving only Greene and Landon as original top billed cast. David Canary, who had left over a contract dispute after four seasons returned as Candy Canady with opening credits billing.
The scheduling change, as well as Dan Blocker's death in May 1972, resulted in plunging ratings for the show. David Canary returned to his former role of Candy (to offset Hoss' absence), and a new character named Griff King (played by Tim Matheson) was added in an attempt to lure younger viewers. Griff, in prison for nearly killing his abusive ...
The series initially starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon and later featured (at various times) Guy Williams, David Canary, Mitch Vogel and Tim Matheson. The show is known for presenting pressing moral dilemmas. Though not familiar stars in 1959, the cast quickly became favorites of the first television generation.
[5] [6] Following Dan Blocker's death in May 1972 after season thirteen ended, Greene, Landon, and Vogel continued the series into a fourteenth season, with Canary returning as Candy (reportedly approached by Landon) and Tim Matheson was introduced as ex-prisoner and newly hired ranch-hand Griff King.
Jazz keyboardist Jim Beard, who played with Steely Dan for more than a decade, has died. The rock band confirmed Beard's death on its website. Jim Beard, longtime keyboardist for Steely Dan, dies ...
Dan and Kendy Howard had been married since 1994. By 2021, Dan Howard had gone from working as an Idaho State Trooper to working in the Alaskan oil fields for three weeks at a time.