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BLOCKER
17
WARD: LIVE
Dan Blocker..known to millions of television viewers as..Hoss
Cartwright of NBC's Bonanza series..was buried in DeKalb Texas
today..in private services..attended by some 20 members of the
immediate family.Burial took place at Green Woodmen Cemetery
two hours ahead of the announced time..and one family member
explained..that Blocker was a public figure..but a private man.
He died Saturday in Los Angeles..of complications following
gall bladder surgery..he was 43.1/3O
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Blocker], script, May 17, 1972, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1512088/m1/1/?q=%221972-05~%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.