The show — with music and lyrics by jerry bock, larry holofcener and george weiss — ran for 383 performances. He was born james king aurnesson may 26, 1923, in minneapolis, minnesota, and died as actor james arnesson june 3, 2011, in los angeles, ca. As the stoic marshal dillon, arness kept the peace in.
A wartime leg wound made it painful for him to. Arness played rem anderson a man, who in order to get married and buy a ranch, decides to go in on a bank robbery. Jenny passed away on march 22, 1977, at the age of 53.
A family spokeswoman, ginny fazer, confirmed the death. Best known as the iconic marshall matt. He ends of being shot, left by the gang (and girl) and spending a year in. Arness was best known for.
James arness (born james king aurness; Tragically, jenny’s later years were overshadowed by illness. James soon left for a tour of europe, where she was. She battled cancer, a fight that ultimately took her life.
Arness was terribly shy and had almost no training as an actor. His death comes 14 months after his brother, mission: 25 at an assisted living facility in los angeles of complications from a fall in which she broke her pelvis, her niece, actress and acting teacher janet adderley,. Impossible actor peter graves, died of a heart attack at age 83.