January 15, 201610 yr 'Grizzly Adams' Star Dan Haggerty Dies at 74 | TMZ.com Famous '70s TV star Dan Haggerty -- who played Grizzly Adams -- died from cancer early Friday morning ... TMZ has learned. Haggerty died at his home in the San Fernando Valley after battling cancer for the last few months. Sources close to Dan's family tell us doctors discovered the cancer after he had surgery for back pain. Haggerty starred in the 1977 hit TV show "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" as the lovable mountain man whose BFF was a grizzly bear. He also guest starred on several TV shows like "CHiPs" and "Charlie's Angels." Haggerty was getting treatment in a hospital until recently when doctors told him the end was near. He decided to go home, and his son told close friends and family to come visit over the last few days before he passed. Dan was 74.
January 15, 201610 yr One of my wife's favorites (along with Magnum P.I.). Last time I saw him was on, of all things, an episode of American Pickers. RIP.
January 15, 201610 yr One of my wife's favorites (along with Magnum P.I.). Last time I saw him was on, of all things, an episode of American Pickers. RIP. Sad news. Lots of good memories there. And I know exactly the American Pickers episode you're talking about. They bought that picture from him for Dave.
January 15, 201610 yr For some reason I thought he had already passed...also pegged him to be much older than 74.
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