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James Arness RIP
« on: June 04, 2011, 12:01:52 AM »
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James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday.

He was 88.

The actor died in his sleep at his home in Brentwood, Calif., according to his business manager, Ginny Fazer.

Arness' official website posted a letter from Arness on Friday that he wrote with the intention that it be posted posthumously: "I had a wonderful life and was blessed with some many loving people and great friends," he said.

"I wanted to take this time to thank all of you for the many years of being a fan of Gunsmoke, The Thing, How the West Was Won and all the other fun projects I was lucky enough to have been allowed to be a part of. I had the privilege of working with so many great actors over the years."

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I will admit that I wasn't a big fan of Gunsmoke but I did watch quite a few episodes over the years. That was back when television was still operated by people who were proud and happy to give us heroes who were morally pure and who did heroic things. It was a different and better era.
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Re: James Arness RIP
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2011, 12:13:08 AM »

Rest in peace, James.  The first movie I saw you in was Hondo. You did good.


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Re: James Arness RIP
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2011, 04:50:06 AM »
Arness was active on his web site right to the end . He was truly one of Hollywood's Good Guys !

R.I.P.  "Marshal Thing" !

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Re: James Arness RIP
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2011, 08:46:19 AM »
Preceded in death only a little more than a year ago by his elder brother, actor Peter Graves (Aurness).

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Re: James Arness RIP
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2011, 10:20:53 AM »
Arness was active on his web site right to the end . He was truly one of Hollywood's Good Guys !

R.I.P.  "Marshal Thing" !

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Re: James Arness RIP
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2011, 10:20:01 PM »
Preceded in death only a little more than a year ago by his elder brother, actor Peter Graves (Aurness).

I finer generation is fading into history.

 Both it seems were good men. RIP.
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Re: James Arness RIP
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2011, 06:37:18 AM »
R.I.P. James.

Both Minneapolis boys did alright.   ::thumbsup::

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