Ed Donahue
José Montserrate Feliciano García is 78 years old today.
The Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer. He recorded
many international hits, including his rendition of the Doors‘
"Light My Fire" and his self-penned Christmas song "Feliz
Navidad".
Ronald Reagan (left) with John McIntire in Wagon Train (1963)
“The Fort Pierce Story”.
Ann Blyth plays the wife of Capt. Winters
(Ronald Reagan), whose name was Nancy.
Reagan’s wife at the time was also named
Nancy- Nancy Reagan, whom he had
married in 1952.
The Western series aired 8 seasons: first on NBC-TV (1957 –
1962), and then on ABC-TV (1962–1965).
Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882)
Seen by some as a vicious murderer and by others as a gallant
Robin Hood, the famous outlaw Jesse Woodson James was
born on September 5, 1847, in Clay County, Missouri.
Chuck Connors (1921-1992) and Johnny Crawford (1946-2021)
The Rifleman aired on ABC from September 30, 1958, to
April 8, 1963, as a production of Four Star Television. It
was one of the first primetime series on US television to
show a single parent raising a child.
The series starred Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas
McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain.
The Rifleman was partially filmed in Wildwood Regional
Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
Chuck Connors with his Winchester Model 44-40 1892 rifle.
When Connors auditioned for the show, the director suddenly
threw a rifle at him; the former Major League Baseball player
caught it and got the job. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Clu Gulager (William Martin Gulager)
(November 16, 1928 – August 5, 2022)
Gulager first became known for his work in television, appearing
in the co-starring role of William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) in the
1960–1962 NBC television series The Tall Man and as Emmett
Ryker in another NBC Western series, The Virginian.
His first major film role was in Don Siegel‘s The Killers (1964)
with Lee Marvin and Ronald Reagan in his only movie role as
a villain.
Gulager died Friday of natural causes at the Los Angeles home
of his son John and daughter-in-law Diane.
