For boomers glued to their televisions in the early 50s, Fess Parker was Davy Crockett. For those of us who came along a bit later, he was Daniel Boone. Today, Fess Parker died at the age of 85.
Details from the Associated Press
How many of us still have our old coonskin caps or metal lunch boxes in the attic? How many can still sing the theme song?
Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee
Greenest state in the land of the free
Raised in the woods so he knew every tree
Kilt him a b’ar when he was only 3
Davy, Davy Crockett
King of the wild frontier
Rest in peace, Fess Parker.