# Davy, Davy Crockett

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-davy-crockett/533043>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-davy-crockett/533043 "2010-03-19T18:17:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-davy-crockett/533043/1 "2010-03-19T18:17:14Z")

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The actor who played him was 85  
now he’s dead, he’s no longer alive  
Just kidding  
Fess Parker R.I.P.

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**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:** [March 19, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davy-davy-crockett/533043/2 "2010-03-19T18:24:41Z")

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> **[Goodbye, Davy and Dan'l (Fess Parker)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556331)**
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> Davy was my first friend when we got here from Germany in 1960. I wore my coonskin cap and my “outfit” with pride as I “explored” my back yard and hunted me a b’ar with my Daisy air rifle. Fess Parker, dead at 85. He was a man, all right! ...