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James Arness of 'Gunsmoke' fame dies at 88

...righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," died Friday. He was 88.The actor...for the many years of being a fan of Gunsmoke, The Thing, How the West Was Won and...wealth and fame Arness gained from "Gunsmoke" could not protect him from tragedy...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-06-03/james-arness-gunsmoke-fame-dies-88
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CIVIL WAR REVISITED

Soldiers in blue and gray wool uniforms face off across gunsmoke-shrouded American fields. The places are carved in the nation's memory - Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run/Manassas. This...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-04-11/civil-war-revisited
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GOP blowing gunsmoke

WASHINGTON - There is something charmingly futile about House Republicans' move to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-06-22/gop-blowing-gunsmoke
Columnists
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2011

...An actor who towered over the American television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke." June 3. Harry Bernstein, 101. Wrote acclaimed memoir of an English childhood haunted by anti-Semitism "The Invisible...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-12-16/final-goodbye-roll-call-some-who-die
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Old West enthusiasts play cowboy

...you're too old. Photos If Chuck Pottsmith's philosophy is right, there's not an old person in the Lookout Mountain Gunsmoke Society. Just modern-day enthusiasts of the Old West who bring their Colt 45s and shotguns to the Virginia Rifle and Pistol...

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Neighbors
Have laptop, will travel

...released in January by Publish America, has been enamored by the old West lifestyle since being reared on "Bonanza" and "Gunsmoke" in the 1950s and '60s. "My wife and I went away for a couple of days last month and we ended up going to Bismarck to see...

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Entertainment
Actress Marie Windsor dies

...George Raft and James Garner. She made guest appearances on more than 100 television shows (including "Fantasy Island," "Gunsmoke" and "Murder, She Wrote") and performed in dozens of stage productions. The Los Angeles Drama Critics voted her best...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/121300/wha_1213000009.shtml
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Movie director Joseph H. Lewis dies

...cult classic Lewis directed all the musical sequences for "The Jolson Story," the 1946 biopic of entertainer Al Jolson. Lewis also directed episodes for television shows, including "The Rifleman," "Gunsmoke" and "The Defenders."

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/091100/nne_0911000065.shtml
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'L&O' deserves a positive verdict

...to be on the air next year, and for many years to come. Sure, it's the second-longest-running drama ever, behind "Gunsmoke's" 20 seasons, but it's not the years, it's the mileage. "L&O's" motor still purrs like a kitten. If you watch...

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Entertainment
Friendly bell-ringer is there for those in need

...cookie: Date-filled cookies and peanut butter blossoms. Favorite TV program: "Gunsmoke. Every afternoon if I'm here it's 'Bonanza' first, then 'Gunsmoke' and then nap.'" Favorite author: Karen Kingsbury. Real or fake Christmas...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/122407/new_20071224003.shtml
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