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James Arness, ‘Gunsmoke’s’ Marshal Matt Dillon
James Arness, the towering (6-foot-6) actor who for 20 years portrayed the taciturn, lantern-jawed U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon in CBS’s Gunsmoke, died Friday. A cause of death was not disclosed, but...
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Buck Brannaman, the Real Horse Whisperer
Buck Brannaman, a therapist in cowboy boots, uses a saddle instead of a psychiatrist’s couch to do his job. Without words, his four-legged clients tell him tales of pain, abuse and fear at the hands of...
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The “Bonanza” Map: Artist and Icon Reunited
Last Friday, we at the Autry got a rare chance to reunite an artist with his work. Robert Temple Ayres, the artist who originally drew the map of the legendary Ponderosa Ranch for the TV western...
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And Now, a Word From Our Intern
Editor’s note: Alie Chavez, now in her junior year at Loyola Marymount University, worked for ten weeks this summer under the direction of Marlene Head, the Autry’s director of publications, as the...
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