Honoring Dan Haggerty: Grizzly Adams’s Kind Mountain Man
Dan Haggerty, a well-known actor and animal enthusiast, died of spine cancer in Burbank, California, on Friday at the age of 73. His death was much mourned. Famous for playing the kind mountain guy in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, Haggerty won over viewers’ hearts with his unusual beard and his close relationship with his bear friend Ben.