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**JennyStewarta** · 01-25-2010, 09:20 PM

Pernell Roberts, who became a small-screen staple as Adam Cartwright in Bonanza and later as the title character in the M*A*S*H spinoff Trapper John, M.D., has died. He was 81. His wife, Eleanor Criswell, told the Los Angeles Times that Roberts passed away Sunday at the couple's home in Malibu after losing a battle with cancer. Funeral services were set for today. Born May 18, 1928, in Georgia, Roberts served in the Marines before getting the acting bug. He won a Drama Desk Award in 1955 for an off-Broadway version of Macbeth and then had a few TV appearances before landing his career-making role of the eldest Cartwright boy on NBC's Bonanza, one of TV's all-time most » RIP

01-25-2010, 09:20 PM	#26
JennyStewarta Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	Pernell Roberts, who became a small-screen staple as Adam Cartwright in Bonanza and later as the title character in the MAS*H spinoff Trapper John, M.D., has died. He was 81. His wife, Eleanor Criswell, told the Los Angeles Times that Roberts passed away Sunday at the couple's home in Malibu after losing a battle with cancer. Funeral services were set for today. Born May 18, 1928, in Georgia, Roberts served in the Marines before getting the acting bug. He won a Drama Desk Award in 1955 for an off-Broadway version of Macbeth and then had a few TV appearances before landing his career-making role of the eldest Cartwright boy on NBC's Bonanza, one of TV's all-time most » RIP
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