Fess Parker, who toplined such Disney classics as "Davy Crockett" and the NBC series "Daniel Boone" died in the Santa Ynez Valley on Thursday. He was 85.

The late Dan Kilgore, a Corpus Christi accountant, was president of the Texas State Historical Society when he gave an address in 1975 about the circumstances of Davy Crockett's death.

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao ...

Fess Parker, a televison icon to a generation of youngsters as Davy Crockett and later Daniel Boone ... family spokeswoman Sao Anash said. His death came on the 84th birthday of his wife of ...

Actor Fess Parker, who became every baby boomer’s idol in the 1950s and launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Fam… ...

In 1955, Crockett was reborn as the biggest thing to ever to hit television. Walt Disney made two Crockett TV movies with Parker (who comments briefly in this documentary) as Davy. Advertisement ...

David 'Davy' Crockett was born on August 17, 1786. In honor of the King of the Wild Frontier's birthday, here's a list of interesting things to know about the legendary Tennessee pioneer.