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.

LOS ANGELES — 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.

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.

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.

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

Fess Parker has died of natural causes at the age of 85. The actor donned a racoon-skinned cap as both Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in their respective TV series of the 1950s and '60s.

Fess Parker played the roles of real-life frontiersmen Davy Crockett in the 1950s and Daniel Boone in the 1960s. The television show “Davy Crockett” led to a coonskin cap craze among kids.

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 ...