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Clint Walker, Towering Western Star, Is Dead at 90
NY Times ^ | 05/22/2018 | John Schwartz

Posted on 05/22/2018 3:40:50 PM PDT by DFG

Clint Walker, a former merchant seaman and real-life deputy sheriff who roamed the West as a towering, solitary figure on “Cheyenne,” the first hourlong western on television, died on Monday in Grass Valley, Calif. He was 90.

His death, at a hospital, was confirmed by his daughter, Valerie Walker, who said the cause was congestive heart failure. Mr. Walker lived in Grass Valley, about 60 miles northeast of Sacramento.

Mr. Walker also appeared in the “The Dirty Dozen” and other movies, but he was best known for “Cheyenne,” seen on ABC from 1955 to 1963.

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KEYWORDS: cheyenne; clint; clintwalker; hollywood; obituary; walker
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1 posted on 05/22/2018 3:40:50 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

CHEYENNE!

Oh damn!

So few of our H&I icons are alive (i.e. those who didn’t smoke) - I thought it was great that :touches sky” was still with us.

RIP Cheyenne and may the Great Spirit find and lead you into God’s heaven.


2 posted on 05/22/2018 3:43:27 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (robert mueller is an unguided missile)
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To: DFG

GREAT conservative as well, a big fan of both Reagan and Trump. RIP.


3 posted on 05/22/2018 3:45:13 PM PDT by montag813
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To: DFG

Rest in peace!


4 posted on 05/22/2018 3:47:15 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: DFG

RIP.


5 posted on 05/22/2018 3:47:24 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: DFG
Dirty Dozen.


6 posted on 05/22/2018 3:48:04 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: windcliff

“Oh, Byron....”

Liked him in “None But The Brave”.

RIP


7 posted on 05/22/2018 3:48:15 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: DFG

RIP Mr. Walker.

He was one of the good ones.


8 posted on 05/22/2018 3:48:53 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: DFG

Was in a war movie with Frank Sinatra. Saw it in the 60s. Forgot the name.


9 posted on 05/22/2018 3:49:25 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: DFG
In his prime he had an almost unworldly physique. Would have made a great Superman. Truly one in a million.
10 posted on 05/22/2018 3:49:47 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie

and before there was such a thing as steroids.


11 posted on 05/22/2018 3:50:57 PM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg

ping


12 posted on 05/22/2018 3:51:25 PM PDT by EveningStar (I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
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To: DFG

I just watched him in The Dirty Dozen last night.

Helluva movie.

Helluva American actor.


13 posted on 05/22/2018 3:52:55 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: DFG

Rest in peace.


14 posted on 05/22/2018 3:53:10 PM PDT by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Vaquero

None But the Brave.


15 posted on 05/22/2018 3:53:26 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

He was like 6’6” and 260lbs of muscle.


16 posted on 05/22/2018 3:54:25 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: DFG

He was great in The Dirty Dozen. Posey.


17 posted on 05/22/2018 3:55:26 PM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: DFG

Thanks, Clint, for making my childhood as great as it was during the heyday of TV westerns. Yours was one of the best.

RIP......


18 posted on 05/22/2018 3:56:02 PM PDT by Donkey Odious ( Adapt, improvise, and overcome - now a motto for us all.)
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To: DFG

My wife and I still watch Cheyenne.
I bet he’s up in heaven...taking his shirt off.
RIP.


19 posted on 05/22/2018 3:56:11 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
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To: DFG

He was stabbed in the heart and lived another 47 years. Tough hombre.


20 posted on 05/22/2018 3:57:04 PM PDT by Rastus
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