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Tom_Foolery

(4,691 posts) Fri Feb 14, 2014, 05:53 PM Feb 2014

"The Waltons" Ralph Waite dies at 85...

(CNN) -- Veteran character actor Ralph Waite -- who many knew best from his time on "The Waltons," though he also had regular roles in more recent series like "Bones" and "NCIS" -- has died.

He was 85.

Waite died on Thursday afternoon at his Palm Desert, California, home, according to Steve Gordon, his family accountant. Jane Mead, a representative of the Spirit of the Desert Presbyterian Fellowship that Waite attended regularly, confirmed his death.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/13/showbiz/actor-ralph-waite-dies/