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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.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/hugh-o%...ocid=spartandhp

The article lists a number of his credits which indicates he had a long and varied career. It also notes, "He spent a semester at the University of Cincinnati but during World War II he dropped out to enlist in the Marine Corps — where his father had been an officer. At 17 he became the youngest Marine drill instructor, according to the TCM website."

RIP, Mr O'Brian.

Piffle, Mr TM.

Here's the gun I always associate with O'Brians version of Wyatt Earp.



I really didn't watch this show but I always figured that by the time he got that cannon out of his holster the bad guy would be long gone or would have shot him a dozen times or so.

Check out this headline from our intellectual betters over at CBS:

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Hugh O'Brian, who played Sheriff Wyatt Earp, is dead at 91

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First line:

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LOS ANGELES -- Hugh O’Brian, who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television’s first adult Western, has died

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hugh-obrian-...-is-dead-at-91/

Yes, at one point in his life Wyatt was a deputy sheriff but in Tombstone, where the show was set, he was Marshal Wyatt Earp (and even that was not historically accurate).

DUH!