LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman ...

Actor Fess Parker, who became the idol of baby boomers in the 1950s and launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. A family ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fess Elisha Parker, Jr. (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010) was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of Davy Crockett in the Walt ...

A California home originally owned by Hollywood actor Fess Parker — who was known for portraying the titular characters in Walt Disney’s “Davy Crockett’‘ and “Daniel Boone” television shows — is for ...

I will be 70 next year, and when I was about 14 I first became friends with Fess Parker. My parents belonged to the Balboa Yacht Club at the time, and so did Fess and Buddy Ebsen. Even with the age ...

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday at his Santa Ynez, Calif., home of natural causes. He was 85.