Happen to see this today.
credited as Ron Ely in his TV and Film work
Ronald Pierce Ely (June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024) was an American actor and novelist, best known for portraying
Tarzan in the 1966–1968
NBC series
Tarzan and playing the lead role in the film
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975). He hosted the
Miss America pageant telecast in 1980 and 1981.
Tragic, so sad.
In 1984, Ely married Valerie Lundeen, who won the
Miss Florida USA title in 1981,
Murder of wife and death of son ( Not by Ron )
On October 15, 2019, Ely's son Cameron, then 30 years old, stabbed Valerie Ely to death at the family's home in
Hope Ranch, California, a coastal residential community in
Santa Barbara. Police officers were called to the scene for a "family disturbance"and killed Cameron Ely, claiming he posed a threat to officers.
The Santa Barbara district attorney ruled the police shooting a
justifiable homicide. No charges were filed, and an attorney representing Ely disputed the police account of Cameron's death. An autopsy found Cameron was in the early stages of
chronic traumatic encephalopathy before he died.
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