RIP Fess Parker

[Marvelmania]

I'm blown away even though he was up there in years. When I was a kid he was kind of a hero to me. RIP Mr. Parker.

Fess Parker, who played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, dies from natural causes at 85

[Mikey]

Dang !!!

Both Davy Crockett and Dan'l Boone dead at the same time :(

RIP, FP

[The Bat]

Awe...tis a sad Day indeed.

[ScottA]

Sad indeed. I liked him.

[thunderbolt]

Man, that sucks. Been watching him a lot on RTN lately.

[Tyme2tyme]

A true childhood hero. They don't make them like Fess nowadays, JOHN

[jimsmegos]

We run the Daniel Boone show here in syndication and is still remarkably popular. RIP pal.

[Nostalgiabuff]

love the show when I was a kid. he was one of those guys that just seemed decent and right, know what I mean?

[jwyblejr]

Shame Disney Channel no longer shows Davy Crockett.

[Meule]

Him I know. (Huedell )
Two celebrities in one day, sad news

[johnnystorm]

Terrible news, very sad. I grew up with Davy Crockett & Daniel Boone, one of my all-time favorite heroes. I wish Disney still emphasized heroes for kids like Davy, instead of trash talking teens like Hannah Montana and zac & Cody.

Be sure you're right, then go ahead was Davy's motto.

And Fess Parker was the kind of star who lived up to his image, a decent family man who worked hard at what he did. He will be missed.

[Mod Style]

I'm saddened by Mr. Parker's passing but I must say as a Kentuckian and a long time researcher into the real Daniel Boone's life, I can assure you that that show had almost nothing to do with Daniel Boone. The dialogue was wrong, the costuming was wrong, the Indian relations were wrong, and Boone wasn't a big man, around 5'8", always wore long hair and never wore a coon skin cap. Oh well, that's Hollywood for ya.

[The Toyroom]

I raise the tail of my coonskin cap in salute of Fess Parker!

[Raydeen1]

I absolutely loved those shows when I was very young. I about freaked when I got the Mego figure in a lot of stuff a few years back and been meaning to snag a CTVT version.

RIP to another childhood hero. :(

[toys2cool]

that sucks, I thought he was already dead though