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- He died a working actor at the top of his game. He was a loving mentor to many and a role model to an entire generation. I'm devastated." I loved Ralph very much," actor Richard Thomas, who played John Boy on the show, said in a statement.
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Feb 14, 2014 · Feb. 14, 2014. Ralph Waite, a multifaceted actor who became etched in television history as the craggy-faced, big-hearted patriarch of a rustic Depression-era clan on the popular 1970s dramatic...
Feb 14, 2014 · The wholesome series, which also starred Michael Learned as his wife, Olivia, and Richard Thomas as his eldest son John-Boy, famously ended with a vignette in which the family said goodnight as...
- meredith.blake@latimes.com
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Feb 14, 2014 · By LYNN ELBER. Updated 6:14 AM PDT, February 14, 2014. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ralph Waite, who played the kind-and-steady patriarch of a tight-knit rural Southern family on the TV series “The Waltons,” died Thursday, his manager said. He was 85.
Feb 15, 2014 · Indeed, Waite's honest portrayal struck a chord with audiences around the world, and left a big impression on actor Richard Thomas, who played eldest son John-Boy on the series. "I loved...
- Monica Rizzo
Feb 14, 2014 · Today. Ralph Waite, the actor known to millions as the kind patriarch John Walton, Sr. on "The Waltons," died at home in Palm Desert, Calif., on Thursday, NBC News confirms. He was 85.
- Courtney Hazlett
Ralph Waite (June 22, 1928 – February 13, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his lead role as John Walton Sr. on The Waltons (1972–1981), which he occasionally directed. He later had recurring roles as two other heroic fathers; in NCIS as Jackson Gibbs, the father of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and in Bones, as Seeley Booth 's grandfather.
Feb 13, 2014 · Ralph Waite, who was beloved to TV viewers as the ultimate father figure, John Walton, on The Waltons, has died. He passed away at midday on Thursday at his home in South Palm Desert, Steve...
