Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1950s and 1960s introduced Americans to television and riveted audiences with tales of the frontier. One of the most noted ...

Fess Parker, who starred as the coonskin-capped Davy Crockett in the 1950s, becoming a lifelong favorite of the baby boomers, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in California's Santa Ynez ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman ...

Boots worn by actor Fess Parker as the title character of the television series Daniel Boone. Daniel Boone was an adventure series that aired on NBC for 165 episodes from September 24, 1964, to May 7, ...

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While he wasn’t born here, Fess Parker got here as fast as he could, or as fast as his family could, moving to San Angelo three months after his Aug. 16, 1924, birth in Fort Worth. He attended Austin ...

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. — “Davy Crockett” and “Daniel Boone” star-turned-developer and vintner Fess Parker has died. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash says Parker died this morning of natural causes ...

Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, ...

The 1950s and 1960s introduced Americans to television and riveted audiences with tales of the frontier. One of the most noted actors of the era was Texan Fess Parker. He became one of the most ...

Fess Parker, the thesp who became famous for playing frontier legends Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone and went on to become a successful real estate developer, died Thursday at his home near Los Olivos ...