Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85
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.
****** spokeswoman Sao Anash said Parker, who was also TV's Daniel Boone and later a major California winemaker and developer, died at his Santa Ynez Valley home. His death came on the 84th birthday of his wife of 50 years, Marcella.
Parker was coherent and speaking with ****** just minutes before his death, said Anash. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
