{"id":658,"date":"2016-01-16T14:23:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T19:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=658"},"modified":"2016-01-19T00:38:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T05:38:46","slug":"grizzly-adams-star-dan-haggerty-dead-at-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/16\/grizzly-adams-star-dan-haggerty-dead-at-74\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGrizzly Adams\u201d Star Dan Haggerty Dead at 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-657\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_and_bear.jpg\" alt=\"dan_haggerty_and_bear\" width=\"660\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_and_bear.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_and_bear-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Actor Dan Haggerty, who fans remember as Grizzly Adams in 1974 theatrical \u201c<em>The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams<\/em>\u201d and the 1977-78 NBC family drama of the same name, died early Friday morning from cancer. He was 74.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Francis Haggerty was born on Haggerty was born in Los Angeles on November 19, 1942. His parents separated when he was 3.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3273871707\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haggerty grew up in a family that owned and operated a small wild animal attraction. There, he helped raise wild animals, including a black bear that performed tricks. After high school, he moved to Southern California to pursue acting.<\/p>\n<p>Early on, Haggerty was cast in a small non-speaking role as a bodybuilder in the 1964 film <em>Muscle Beach Party<\/em> and also as a bodybuilder in <em>Girl Happy<\/em>. These were followed by appearances in various biker and wildlife films such as <em>Easy Rider<\/em>,<em> Angels Die Hard<\/em>, <em>The Adventures of Frontier Fremont<\/em>, and <em>Terror Out of the Sky<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-656\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-656 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_1978-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"dan_haggerty_1978\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_1978-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_1978.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Haggerty in 1978<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His experience with animals also brought him work as an animal trainer and handler in films produced by Walt Disney Studios. Additionally, Haggerty also worked as a stuntman on the television series <em>Tarzan<\/em>, and as set builder on various other projects. He directed white tigers, wolverines, eagles and wild boar in <em>When the North Wind Blows<\/em> and worked with bears, foxes and hawks in the 1997 film <em>Grizzly Mountain<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-655\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-655 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_and_bear_407-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"dan_haggerty_and_bear_407\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_and_bear_407-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dan_haggerty_and_bear_407.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Haggerty with Bozo the bear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Haggerty is best known for portraying the character Grizzly Adams in the title role of the 1974 Sunn Classic Pictures feature, <em>The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams<\/em>. From this feature film evolved the NBC television series of the same name which ran from 1977 to 1978, and Haggerty became known to movie-goers for his portrayal of nature-loving James Capen &#8220;Grizzly&#8221; Adams.<\/p><div id=\"morty-249791043\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haggerty appeared briefly in David Carradine&#8217;s film <em>Americana<\/em> and provided a fighting dog for the production. In the film, he not only played the role of the dog&#8217;s trainer but also assisted in set design and the restoration of a broken down carousel, which figured prominently in the film. He assisted in building the motorcycles featured in the film <em>Easy Rider<\/em>, and had a bit part as a &#8220;hippie&#8221; in that film, as well as stunt work and supporting roles in numerous low-budget biker films of the era. He also starred in the 1989 film &#8220;<em>Spirit of the Eagle<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-654\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-654 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/denver_pyle_dan_haggerty-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"denver_pyle_dan_haggerty\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/denver_pyle_dan_haggerty-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/denver_pyle_dan_haggerty.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denver Pyle with Dan Haggerty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Haggerty continued to work as both an actor and infomercial spokesman. One of his endorsements was for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pap-Ion_Magnetic_Inductor\" target=\"_blank\">Pap-Ion Magnetic Inductor<\/a> (PAP-IMI), a device alleged to have health benefits. He had only been hired as a spokesperson and was found not to be part of the fraud that later embroiled the manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>Haggerty played lead roles in the movies <em>Repo Jake<\/em> (1990), <em>Elves<\/em> (1990), <em>Grizzly Mountain<\/em> (1995),[8] and <em>Escape to Grizzly Mountain<\/em> (2000). He was also featured as a character in Al Franken&#8217;s novel,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385334540\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0385334540&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=medfordtrails-20&amp;linkId=PHUIDI3JPYD5T6OK\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medfordtrails-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0385334540\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>..<\/p>\n<p>Haggerty starred in the TV miniseries Condominium (1980), which also starred Barbara Eden, Ralph Bellamy and Stuart Whitman. Haggerty played a hydraulics expert trying to warn residents that their Florida condos were about to be demolished in a forthcoming hurricane. He guest starred on <em>The Love Boat<\/em> in 1983 (&#8220;World&#8217;s Greatest Kisser&#8221;). He cameoed as an attorney in <em>Terror Night<\/em> (1987) with John Ireland and Cameron Mitchell, starred in <em>Night Wars<\/em> (1988) as a Vietnam veteran who is a psychologist dealing with nightmares of his fellow veterans, and appeared in horror films such as <em>Elves<\/em> and the Linda Blair film <em>The Chilling<\/em> in 1989. In<em> Big Stan<\/em> (2007), he played Tubby, and appeared as a lumberjack foreman in <em>Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan<\/em> (2013). He has also appeared on the American reality TV show <em>American Pickers<\/em>. Haggerty has also done several voice-overs and can also be seen in music videos by Hank Williams, Jr. and Rogues of the Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Haggerty was married twice. He married Diane Rooker in 1959. They were 17 and had a wedding chapel in Las Vegas called Silver Slipper Hotel. Haggerty and Diane had two daughters, Tracey and Tammy. They divorced in 1984, after which Haggerty married Samantha Hilton. Haggerty and Samantha had two sons named Dylan and Cody and one daughter named Megan. They were married until Samantha&#8217;s death following a motorcycle accident on August 10, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Haggerty lived on a small ranch in Malibu Canyon with an assortment of wild animals that he had tamed at birth or rescued from injury.<\/p>\n<p>In 1977, Haggerty beard caught fire from a careless patron carrying a flaming cocktail. Trying to put the flames out, Haggerty received third-degree burns on his arms. In 1991, Haggerty was again hospitalized after a motorcycle accident left him in a coma, but he recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Haggerty was diagnosed with spinal cancer after undergoing back surgery, when a tumor on his spine was discovered in August 2015. 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