R.I.P. 26 Western Stars Who Sadly Died in 2021- A SPECIAL MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO THE WESTERNERS! AWOW!

2021 was another devastating year. For those good friends we have lost over the past 12 months, who had contributed to film and TV westerns, and joined us on A WORD ON WESTERNS, we have put together a special Memorial Tribute featuring excerpts from their interviews.
We honor those performers and filmmakers who joined us to share their experiences of working in the western genre. We are grateful. They were friends and colleagues who became part of our goal of preserving western film history.
We also will pay tribute to others who made contributions to westerns and died in 2021 but were never able to participate with us to discuss their film history. We, and future generations, will always have their work to savor and enjoy. We thank them, and those not mentioned, for all of their work in the genre.

May they Rest in Peace.

LEE AAKER (Sept 25, 1943 – April 1, 2021) age 77
ED ASNER (Nov 15, 1929 – Aug 29, 2021) age 91
CLAUDIA BARRETT (Nov 3, 1929 – April 30, 2021) age 91
ED BRUCE (Dec 29, 1939 – Jan 8, 2021) age 81
STEVE CARVER (April 5, 1945 – January 8, 2021) age 75
DON COLLIER (Oct 17, 1928 – Sept 13, 2021) age 92
ALEX CORD (May 3, 1933 – Aug 9, 2021) age 88
JOHNNY CRAWFORD (March 26, 1946 – April 29, 2021) age 75
ARLENE DAHL (Aug 11, 1925 – Nov 29, 2021) age 96
HENRY DARROW (Sept 15, 1933 – March 14, 2021) age 87
RICHARD DONNER (April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) age 91
JERRY GATLIN (Nov 15, 1933 – March 4, 2021) age 87
JAMES HAMPTON (July 9, 1936 – April 7, 2021) age 84
MONTE HELLMAN (July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) age 91
CHUCK HICKS (Dec 26, 1927 – May 4, 2021) age 93.
YAPHET KOTTO (Nov 15, 1939 – March 15, 2021) age 81
CLORIS LEACHMAN (April 30, 1926 - Jan 27, 2021) age 94
LARRY McMURTRY (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) age 84
NORMAN S. POWELL (Nov 2, 1934 – June 16, 2021) age 86
PETER MARK RICHMAN (April 16, 1927 – Jan 14, 2021) age 93
WILL RYAN (May 21, 1949 – Nov 19, 2021) age 72
WILLIAM SMITH (March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021) age 88
LYNN STALMASTER (Nov 17, 1927 – Feb 12, 2021) age 93
DEAN STOCKWELL (March 5, 1936-Nov 7, 2021) age 85
BUDDY VAN HORN (Aug 20, 1928 – May 11, 2021) age 92
JANE WITHERS (April 12, 1926 – Aug 7, 2021) age 95

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