Fess Parker
August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010
Fess Parker was a popular actor who is best remembered for playing Davy Crockett in a Disney television series, and later, Daniel Boone in another series. Parker flirted with a music career by releasing a handful of folk albums during the ’60s. They included Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Abe Lincoln and Other Great American Heroes and Fess Parker Sings. Later in life, Parker devoted his time to running the award-winning Fess Parker Family Winery. Fess Parker was 85 when he died of natural causes on March 18, 2010.