Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Bronco Buckaroo

If a life can be viewed differently, then certainly the obituary of that life can be viewed differently.

Take Ty Hardin, star of the Western 'Bronco' series, who has now passed away at 87. 'Bronco' was a TV Western adventure series in the 50s and 60s that truthfully, I do not remember. The television might have been taken "to the shop" for a long period then, and I never established a viewing habit with the show. Now 'The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin' would be another story.

Mr. Hardin's wife Caroline confirmed his death, but said the cause was still to be determined.

The NYT obituary by William Grimes tells us Mr. Hardin "carved a niche playing Bronco Layne, a soft-spoken loner slow to anger but quick on the draw and skilled in the saddle."

"Mr. Hardin's first seven marriages ended in divorce." No word on how many different horses he might have ridden in the show.

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