Kenneth Ronald “Ken” Berry
Berry is a sitcom actor, dancer and singer. Berry has had success in many television shows, one being with his friend and mentor, Andy Griffith. Berry starred in the very
successful comedies F Troop on ABC (1965-1967) , The Andy Griffith Show spin-off
on CBS Mayberry R.F.D.(1968-1971), and The Carol Burnett Show spin-off Mama’s Family on NBC from 1983-1984 and syndication from 1986-1990. He also appeared
on Broadway.
Mike Gracia
John Candy as McNeil High School Student Council Treasurer
from 1968-69.
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994)
Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second
City and its related Second City Television series. He also appeared in
comedy films such as Stripes (1981), Splash (1984), Spaceballs (1987),
and Uncle Buck (1989). One of his most remembered performances was
as Del Griffith, the on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John
Hughes 1987 comedy film Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
While filming the Western parody Wagons East!, Candy died of a heart
attack in his sleep in Durango, Mexico, at the age of 43.
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Michael Landon (Eugene Maurice Orowitz)
(October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991)
Actor Michael Landon was also a writer, director, and producer. He is
known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973),
Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan
Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989), all on NBC-TV. Landon has
appeared on the cover of TV Guide 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball.
The Cartwright’s from left: Dan Blocker,Michael Landon, Lorene Greene, and
Pernell Roberts
June 1991
Landon began to suffer from severe abdominal pain in February 1991. On
April 5, 1991, pancreatic cancer was diagnosed; it had metastasized into his
liver and lymph nodes. The cancer was inoperable and the doctors’ prognosis
was terminal. On July 1, 1991, at age 54, Landon died in Malibu, California
Ed Danahue
