# Dan Haggerty, dead at 74 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241 "2016-01-15T16:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/1 "2016-01-15T16:39:50Z")
Today’s sad stat - Dan Haggerty, aka Grizzly Adams dead at 74 > **['Grizzly Adams' Star Dan Haggerty Dies at 74](https://www.tmz.com/2016/01/15/dan-haggerty-dead-grizzly-adams/)** > > Famous '70s TV star Dan Haggerty -- who played Grizzly Adams -- died from cancer early Friday morning ... TMZ has learned. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/2 "2016-01-15T16:43:09Z")
Well, crap. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/3 "2016-01-15T16:51:15Z")
Another cancer death. Fuck cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/4 "2016-01-15T16:51:38Z")
Didn’t he go completely off the rails after that show ended, nuking his own career? I seem to recall cocaine being an issue. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/5 "2016-01-15T16:55:31Z")
My mother’s reaction: “God in heaven, people! QUIT IT!” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/6 "2016-01-15T16:56:43Z")
I just saw an episode of American Pickers from a couple of years ago that featured him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/7 "2016-01-15T17:54:21Z")
Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/8 "2016-01-15T18:25:43Z")
At least he made it past 69. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/9 "2016-01-15T18:30:43Z")
Wow this is an awful week to be an entertainer. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/10 "2016-01-15T18:36:08Z")
Oh for God’s sake people, actors die every day just like everyone else. It’s not an awful week to be an entertainer unless you don’t think 3 former plumbers, architects or janitors died this week. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/11 "2016-01-15T18:56:09Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > At least he made it past 69. > [@](#): > > Bunny Ranch owner and friend of Haggertys Dennis Hof tells TMZ, “Grizzly Adams was my friend for 20 years, the Bunnys loved him, he loved to drink with the Bunnys and told amazing jokes.” > > Read more: ['Grizzly Adams' Star Dan Haggerty Dies at 74](http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/15/dan-haggerty-dead-grizzly-adams/#ixzz3xLCrOqlJ) _snerk_😃 ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/12 "2016-01-16T02:42:56Z")
[The greatest scene in film history](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxRgAbhZYqI), from the beyond crazy 1989 flick “Elves”. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/13 "2016-01-16T02:54:38Z")
They’re coming fast and furious now. RIP, Dan. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/14 "2016-01-16T04:04:51Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > They’re coming fast and furious now. RIP, Dan. ☹ Yes they are… Meadowlark Lemon, Natalie Cole, Wayne Rogers, Pat Harrington, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Dan Haggerty. Don’t even have a chance to catch one’s breath. RIP everybody. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/15 "2016-01-16T04:43:56Z")
He had quite a colorful life as an animal trainer and actor. I recall he got seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident, late 80’s? Haven’t heard much about him in over 20 years. His son Dylan is an actor too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/16 "2016-01-16T05:26:28Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > At least he made it past 69. Goddamn! I’m just hoping I _make it_ to 69! I loved that show, _Grizzly Adams_, and was really pleased when I heard he was involved with my favorite movie, _Easy Rider_, being one of the bike builders for the shoot. Goddamn Hippy. Hope you Rippy. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/17 "2016-01-16T06:12:12Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Oh for God’s sake people, actors die every day just like everyone else. It’s not an awful week to be an entertainer unless you don’t think 3 former plumbers, architects or janitors died this week. I doubt anyone is being serious when they say that, unless they’re either into a lot of woo or are twelve. Sadly, he was a staple in my household as a kid and was greatly missed when they took him off the air. So, happy homesteading the big wilderness in the sky, fellow. \<— Also not literal 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/18 "2016-01-16T06:58:12Z")
And Abe Vigoda turns 95 next month… ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/19 "2016-01-16T23:53:50Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Didn’t he go completely off the rails after that show ended, nuking his own career? > > I seem to recall cocaine being an issue. Not to sully his good name, but I can confirm that he did get busted for cocaine possession not long after _Grizzly Adams_ ended. I remember seeing it on the news and being rather surprised as I was a young kid and used to watch and enjoy his show. This was the late 70s, before cocaine went ‘mainstream’ as it were. Wikipedia doesn’t mention it, so I assume it was just a one-time incident in his life. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241/20 "2016-01-17T00:31:42Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Oh for God’s sake people, actors die every day just like everyone else. It’s not an awful week to be an entertainer unless you don’t think 3 former plumbers, architects or janitors died this week. It’s true! My plumber has probably brought me greater happiness over the past 20 years than ANY actor or entertainer. Or relief, anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-haggerty-dead-at-74/743241.md?page=2)