RIP Pernell Roberts

[RGMike]

of both "Bonanza" and "Trapper John, MD"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/25/entertainment/e175315S05.DTL&tsp=1

[Lightnin' Rod]

of both "Bonanza" and "Trapper John, MD"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/25/entertainment/e175315S05.DTL&tsp=1

Ah, so.  Now I get the comment in today's set thread.  I am working WAY too hard.  

Except for right now.  I've hit a wall.

RIP, last of the living Cartwrights.

[Gazoo]

RIP, last of the living Cartwrights.

I hadn't thought of it that way.  Wow.

[Tinka Cat]

RIP, last of the living Cartwrights.

I hadn't thought of it that way.  Wow.

I never watched the show that much, but I always thought of him as the "Zeppo" of the Cartwrights. 

[Lightnin' Rod]

RIP, last of the living Cartwrights.

I hadn't thought of it that way.  Wow.

Actually, I guess Mitch Vogel is still alive.  But he hardly counts, as Ben adopted him in an 1971 episode.  If Mitch Vogel is in it, I don't watch it.

Dan Blocker (Eric "Hoss" Cartwright) died in 1972 (at 45), of complications (blood clot) after Gall Bladder surgery.
Lorne Greene (Ben) died in '87.  He was old.
Michael Landon (Teen Wolf, Little Joe) died in '91 (54), of cancer (a fairly rare form, if I recall correctly)
Guy Williams, (Will Cartwright, Ben's nephew and also Zorro and Professor John Robinson from Lost in Space) died in 1989.