You may remember him as an angel on Highway to Heaven, or "Little Joe Cartwright" on Bonanza, or maybe even Charles Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie.

Michael Landon
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Today's KWKH Legend of the Day is Michael Landon.   The gifted actor was on the Ponderosa ranch from 1959-1973.   He was being a wonderful loving husband and father in the prairie days from 1974-1983,  and  he acted in a  heavenly role as an angel in the flesh from 1984-1989.

Michael Landon produced, wrote and directed many of his episodes including his last,  Father Murphywhich starred his friend from Little House,  Merlin Olsen.   Landon, whose shows are still seen in syndication,  surprisingly never won an Emmy.

Sadly,  he died of pancreatic cancer at age 54 on July 1, 1991.

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