THE HIGH CHAPARRAL (1967 vs 2024) Cast THEN and NOW 2024 who have TRAGICALLY passed away

So many died young

Pedro was my favorite character.

Leif Erickson had memorable voice. He was perfect as John Cannon.

Mark Slade is also a talented cartoonist. He played Blueboy real good. He has the prettiest eyes.

Leif Erickson died of cancer in Pensacola, Florida, on January 29, 1986, aged 74. He was born William Wycliffe Anderson. He worked as a soloist in a band as vocalist and trombone player, performed in Max Reinhardt's productions, and then gained a small amount of stage experience in a comedy vaudeville act. His Wikipedia page doesn’t explain why he changed his name or when. He has an interesting entry.

Rodolfo Acosta was in Flaming Star with Elvis Presley. Not bad of a Western. He died of liver cancer.

Henry Darrow was born Enrique Tomás Delgado Jiménez September 15, 1933 New York City. His parents had moved from Puerto Rico to New York in the early 1930s.

Victoria Cannon was no pushover that’s for sure. Linda was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. She has an interesting Wikipedia page.

Poor Frank Silvera. Silvera was killed on June 11, 1970, after accidentally electrocuting himself while repairing a garbage disposal unit in his kitchen sink. He was 55. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Boston.

Cameron Mitchell was NOT born in New York. He was born in Dallastown Pennsylvania of Scottish and German descent, one of seven children of Rev. Charles Michael Mitzell and Kathryn Isabella (née Ehrhart) Mitzell. Young Cameron moved to Chicora, Pennsylvania, in 1921 when his father was accepted as pastor of the St. John's Reformed Church, Butler, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania. He was a 1936 graduate of Greenwood High School in Millerstown, Pennsylvania. Mitchell died of lung cancer on July 6, 1994, in Pacific Palisades, California, at age 75. He is buried in Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. He has an extensive Wikipedia page.

Ramos identifies himself of Native American and Mexican heritage. He’s also in Wikipedia as actor musician but nothing about what kind of musician.

It was NOT about the Montoya family. Manolito and Victoria Montoya were part of the Cannon family. Victoria married John Cannon and her brother Manolito was one of the hands. Correct me if I’m wrong High Chaparral fans but I think it was an arranged marriage between John Cannon and Victoria and Manolito’s father of the Montoya family.