Gene Barry (Bat Masterson) has died

[Contrary1]

RIP, Gene. Thanks for the entertainment.

Actor Gene Barry, dapper TV hero, stage star, dies
By BOB THOMAS (AP) – 1 hour ago

"LOS ANGELES — Gene Barry, who played the well-dressed man of action in the television series "Bat Masterson," "Burke's Law" and "The Name of the Game," has died at age 90 of unknown causes, his son said Thursday.

Fredric James Barry said the actor died Wednesday at a rest home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills.

Gene Barry essentially played the same character in all three series, which spanned the 1950s to the 1970s. Always fashionably dressed, the tall, handsome actor with the commanding voice dominated his scenes as he bested the bad guys in each show.

In the first of the three, the Western "Bat Masterson," he was a frontier dandy who rarely resorted to gunplay, choosing instead to beat his rivals senseless with a gold-handled cane..."

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[Redstone]

1. Unknown causes? He died from being 90 years old, for Christ's sake! When you

get to be 90, you don't need a "cause;" it might just be time to go...

(Spoken from the perspective of a person who is NOT 89 years old - I might think differently, were I that age.)

He was indeed a good actor.

Redstone

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Died in the oil fields.