 (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Pondering some questions from the audience are, from left to right, Dave Sharpe, Billy Benedict and Penny Edwards at one of the 1970s film festivals.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above is Alfred "Lash" LaRue (1917-1996) ... nicknamed "King of the Bullwhip" ... co-star in some Eddie Dean westerns at PRC in the mid 1940s ... then got his own PRC series with Al "Fuzzy" St. John as his sidekick ... later, he had a variety of personal problems including some run-ins with the law, alcohol abuse, a bunch of marriages and divorces ... became an Evangelist ... attended many of the western film conventions ... portrayed crooked sheriff Johnny Behan on the TV series WYATT EARP.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above - Bob Baker and his wife Evelyn at their home in Camp Verde, Arizona.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above is Peggy Stewart, great heroine and love interest in many Republic horse operas. Minard reports that Peggy lived in Studio City, California, a couple of blocks from where I. Stanford Jolley lived. Stewart and Jolley were neighbors back in the 1970s.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above from left to right are Myron Healey and Monte Hale.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above from left to right are Dave Sharpe and Billy Benedict doing an ol' soft shoe at one of the 1970s film festivals.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above - premier stuntman and second unit director Dave Sharpe.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above - a very ill Dave Sharpe in a 1979 photo. Many sources note that Sharpe passed away in 1980 from the effects of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). However, some sources note Parkinsons Disease. One of the newspaper obituaries mentioned that he passed away from Parkinsons.  (Courtesy of Minard Coons) Above is Terry Frost, baddie in many oaters from the 1940s and later. |
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