This year is not starting off that well.
This morning the actor most known for his seminal role as Grizzly Adams, Dan Haggerty, has passed away this morning after a short battle with an aggressive form of cancer in his spine.
His manager, Terry Bomar, is quoted as saying:
He had cancer and had been fighting… and he had a great Thanksgiving and a great Christmas, and he died with his kids around him and people who love him. He had fought a long hard battle with cancer of the spine that was discovered in August of this year. He would light up any room he entered. He loved life, loved his family, loved his friends and fans. The last words I heard him say were ‘I love you’.
Haggerty is most known for his role as Grizzly Adams in the 1977 television series, and subsequent movies, of the same name. Most recently though he had picked up more roles, with two projects currently in post production.
Haggerty is survived by his children.