Hugh O'Brian, Star of TV's 'The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,' Dies at 91

The Philadelphia Inquirer offers an obituary of actor Hugh O'Brian, who was one of my childhood heroes when he portrayed legendary western lawman Wyatt Earp on TV.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Hugh O'Brian, who starred in the long-running series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," died Monday. He was 91.

The actor died peacefully in his Beverly Hills home, according to a statement from Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership.

ABC Western "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," in which the exceedingly handsome, muscular O'Brian starred as the title character, ran for 221 episodes from 1955-61. At the time he was one of television's great male sex symbols.

In 1957 he was nominated for an Emmy for best continuing performance by an actor in a dramatic series for his work on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp."

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Wyatt Earp, Legendary Western Lawman, Died On This Day In 1929

As Biography.com notes, legendary lawman Wyatt Earp died on this day in 1929.

Wyatt Earp was born March 19, 1848. One of the icons of the American West, he worked for the law and helped tame the wild cowboy culture that pervaded the frontier. In Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt got into a feud with a local rancher that resulted in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, perhaps the most famous gunfight in American history. Earp died in Los Angeles on January 13, 1929.

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You can learn more about Wyatt Earp by reading Casey Teferiller's Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend.