Fess Parker, who starred as the coonskin-capped Davy Crockett in the 1950s, becoming a lifelong favorite of the baby boomers, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in California's Santa Ynez ...

When I hear the names Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, I think of the late Fess Parker, who portrayed the legendary frontiersmen in movies and TV series in the 1950s and 1960s. While on vacation in ...

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 Sao Anash said Parker, ...

As a variation of the song may go, “Over a few rivers, across five states to summer camp Daniel Boone Troop 595 goes.” Daniel Boone Troop 595, chartered by St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in ...

Fess Parker, a name that will be immediately familiar to people of a certain age, say retirement age, died Thursday at age 85. Parker became a national icon as "Davy Crockett" and "Daniel Boone" on ...

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Leonardo DiCaprio is heading home, home on the range. The “Wolf of Wall Street” star is set to executive produce History Channel documentary, “Frontiersmen.” The eight-hour series will tell the tales ...

Actor Fess Parker, who became every baby boomer’s idol in the 1950s and launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman ...

Fess Parker, whose heroic television portrayal of Davy Crockett sparked an enduring mythology and one of the first Baby Boomer marketing frenzies, died Thursday in California of natural causes. He was ...

1 Video: Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells on CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE Actor Fess Parker, known to television audiences for playing American folk heroes 'Davy Crockett' and 'Daniel Boone' has passed away ...

LOS ANGELES — Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on ...