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Date Posted: 20:05:38 10/21/07 Sun
Author: anna (the best of the best will miss him)
Subject: Re: Landon's screen persona v the ordinary 24/7 Joe
In reply to: Jim 's message, "Landon's screen persona v the ordinary 24/7 Joe" on 15:35:48 09/22/07 Sat

>Michael Landon personified on screen the ideal 'man',
>in that Little House and Highway portrayed him as
>gentle,kind,loving,forgiving etc,etc,... but alas
>that was celuoid fantasy. In real life he drank, and
>smoked heavily, had 2 or 3 failed marriages and even
>in his will did not divide his estate equally between
>all his children, causing some resentment after his
>death. He obviously did not lead the angelic life of
>his screen parts in thes 2 series. He was just an
>ordinary man, although talented actor/producer, with
>the same weaknesses as all the rest of us, so lets not
>put him on a pedestal!

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