The Crockett Tavern Museum in Morristown offers visitors a glimpse into the life of David 'Davy' Crockett, the "King of the ...

LOS ANGELES - Actor Fess Parker, who became every baby boomer's idol in the 1950s and launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash said ...

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who started a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died yesterday of natural causes. He was 85.

At its peak, the frenzy started by Parker's Davy Crockett character helped sell 5,000 coonskin caps a day, causing the price of raccoon fur to jump from 25 cents a pound to $8. Before it was over ...

Like millions of other baby boomer kids I became Davy Crockett as portrayed by Fess Parker, fending off hordes of Mexican soldiers from the “Alamo” of our front porch.

Fess Parker, the tall, Texas-born actor who became a star of early television playing American frontier folk hero Davy Crockett and later portrayed Daniel Boone, died on Thursday at the age of 85.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth, Fort Concho will host a Fess Parker Film Festival this weekend. The free event will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday and 2-4 p.m. Saturday in the fort’s ...

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. — "Davy Crockett" and "Daniel Boone" star-turned-developer and vintner Fess Parker has died. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash says Parker died Thursday morning of ...