LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of Davy Crockett in the Walt ...

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Actor Fess Parker, who became the idol of baby boomers in the 1950s and launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. A family ...

Black-and-white television devotees will be saddened to learn that Fort Worth-born Fess Parker died today at the age of 85. He played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in the early days of television.

The free event will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday and 2-4 p.m. Saturday in the fort’s Quartermaster building, Flipper Street at East Avenue C. "While born in Fort Worth in on August 16, 1924, Fess Parker ...

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday at his Santa Ynez, Calif., home of natural causes. He was 85. Parker ...