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[1] [2] His wife died in 1978 from cancer, his mother Virginia (née Chapman) died in 1977 of an accidental drug overdose, [5] and his sister Jenny Lee Aurness died of an apparently deliberate drug overdose in 1975. [6] His adopted brother, Craig, founded the stock photography agency Westlight and also was a photographer for National Geographic ...
James Arness (born James King Aurness; May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made ...
Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, [3] [4] the younger son of Rolf Cirkler Aurness (1894–1982), a businessman, and his wife, Ruth (née Duesler, died 1986), a journalist. Graves's ancestry was Norwegian, German, and English.
Rolf Aurness (1952– ) (USA) 1970 World Champion [2] [3] B. Tim Baker (Aus) Journalist, former editor of Tracks and Australia's Surfing Life magazines.
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Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill, February 20, 1929 [1] – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the western television series Gunsmoke.
1. Craig Aurness was Virginia's son from her first marriage, and Jim adopted him when he and Virginia married. Craig died in 2004. 2. Jenny (sometimes Jennie) Lee Aurness - Jim and Virginia's daughter. She committed suicide in 1975. 3. Rolf Aurness - Jim and Virginia's son, who is still living. 4. Jim Surtees - the son of his second wife, Janet.
Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen and James Arness as Matt Dillon, 1968. Curtis was a singer before moving into acting, and combined both careers once he entered films. [6] Curtis was with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1941, and succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist until Dick Haymes contractually replaced Sinatra in 1942.