Monday, February 27, 2006

Dennis Weaver Dies So Sad

Dennis Weaver, 'Gunsmoke' sidekick 'McCloud' detective, dies
LOS ANGELES - Dennis Weaver, an actor with a Midwestern twang who played stiff-legged Chester the deputy on "Gunsmoke" and the cowboy cop hero in "McCloud," has died. He was 81.
Weaver died Friday from complications of cancer at his home in Ridgway, in southwestern Colorado, his publicist, Julian Myers, announced Monday. AP Reports-Full Story

It has been a sad few days losing the good ole boys. More memories flood back to me...... Grew up loving Gunsmoke and watched McCloud every week...along with all his other movies.