Ronald Pierce Ely
(June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024)

Ron Ely died at the home of one of his daughters in
Santa Barbara on September 29, 2024. His death
was not made public until his daughter Kristen
revealed it today.

Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the
1966–1968 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the
lead role in the film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
(1975). He hosted the Miss America pageant telecast
in 1980 and 1981.