The Rifleman Outtakes

[okfine]

Correct, he also played major league baseball for the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

He played 1st base.

 

[katsteve2012]

Chuck smoked to death. Lung cancer.

Yes, I recall him doing some commercials about the benefits of stopping smoking. By then, it was too late.

 

[okfine]

Yes, I recall him doing some commercials about the benefits of stopping smoking. By then, it was too late.

I searched for the commercial, but gave up. Joe Di Maggio died from lung cancer also.

Check out his headstone...

 

[katsteve2012]

I searched for the commercial, but gave up. Joe Di Maggio died from lung cancer also.

Check out his headstone...

Thanks, I looked for the commercial but couldn't find it either.

I remember Joe Di Maggio losing his life to lung cancer as well.
So many notable people succumbed due to their smoking habit.

 

[Unkotare]

Thanks, I looked for the commercial but couldn't find it either.

I remember Joe Di Maggio losing his life to lung cancer as well.
So many notable people succumbed due to their smoking habit.

Steve McQueen

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Dean Martin, Vincent Price, Robert Mitchum, Gary Cooper, George Peppard, Don Knotts, Forrest Tucker.

 

[okfine]

Dean Martin, Vincent Price, Robert Mitchum, Gary Cooper, George Peppard, Don Knotts, Forrest Tucker.

 

[katsteve2012]

Steve McQueen

Sammy Davis Jr. And Nat King Cole. He was only 45.

They were both two voices that my parents loved, and I grew up listening to and watching on television.

 

[okfine]

My favorite piece of trivia is that the first player in the NBA to shatter a backboard in a regulation game was Chuck Connors

Some Connors trivia... He made $3,000 per episode in 1958.

Chuck Connors - Biography - IMDb

Chuck Connors. Actor: Tourist Trap. Chuck Connors was born Kevin Joseph Connors in Brooklyn, New York, to Marcella (nee Lundrigan; died 1971) and Alban Francis "Allan" Connors (died 1966), Roman Catholic immigrants of Irish descent from the Dominion of Newfoundland (now part of Canada). Chuck...

www.imdb.com

 

[Grumblenuts]

With a rifle?

His quick lever action.

 

[Synthaholic]

I read that Johnny Crawford, passed away a couple of years ago from the complications of Alzheimers disease.

No, just a few months ago, IIRC.

 

[katsteve2012]

No, just a few months ago, IIRC.

Interesting, my source said it was 2021.

Johnny Crawford - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Either way, he appeared in many memorable roles.

He also had a good run as leader of an orchestra in later years.

 

[okfine]

Sammy Davis Jr. And Nat King Cole. He was only 45.

They were both two voices that my parents loved, and I grew up listening to and watching on television.

Connors smoke Camels as did my uncle that played drums for Nat, who smoked 3 packs of Kools a day.
Sammy smoked Marlboro reds and said "I don't give a shit if they kill me"

 

[Synthaholic]

Interesting, my source said it was 2021.

Johnny Crawford - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Either way, he appeared in many memorable roles.

He also had a good run as leader of an orchestra in later years.

Wow, didn't seem that long ago.

 

[katsteve2012]

Wow, didn't seem that long ago.

Yes, he lived in Los Angeles his entire life, so his illness and passing were talked about a lot here in Southern California.