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Lorne Greene's Death Had Tragic Connection To 'Bonanza'

Lorne Green was a famous actorHe passed away in 1987Learn more about his tragic death From 1959 to 1973, Lorne Greene cemented his status as a TV legend on Bonanza. He played "Ben," the patriarch of ...
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5 Things You Never Knew About Lorne Greene, Ben Cartwright From ‘Bonanza’

For millions of fans, Lorne Greene will forever be remembered as Bonanza‘s wise and steady Ben Cartwright. As the patriarch of the Cartwright family for 14 seasons, he brought love and authority to ...
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How ‘Bonanza’ Roped in One of the Golden Age’s Most-Watched Western Movies

If one were to ask which Western TV series is the most iconic, invariably the answer is going to be one of two: Gunsmoke, which premiered in 1955 and ended after 20 seasons, or Bonanza, which debuted ...
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One of the Greatest and Longest-Running TV Westerns Ever Was Almost Cancelled After 6 Episodes

Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright, Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, and Michael Landon as Little Joe Cartwright on 'Bonanza' Image via NBC At the peak of its popularity, Bonanza was the number one show in ...