James Drury, star of popular Western seriesThe Virginian, died on Monday from natural causes.
Drury’s assistant Karen Lyndsey confirmed the newson his official website.
“The Cowboy took his last ride,” she wrote.
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He will be missed so much.
It is beyond words.
Memorial service to be determined later."
He caught the acting bug at age 8, playing King Herod in a Christmas play.
He made his debut as a professional actor four years later in the road company production ofLife With Father.
After playing bit parts in films under a contract with MGM, he went to 20th Century Fox.
