Ralph Waite Dead At 85

Ralph Waite has passed away.


Waite died on Thursday at age 85 in Palm Desert, California.


The Emmy-nominated actor starred on the hit CBS show "The Waltons" for nine seasons in the 1970s, followed by a series of television films.

Waite is also famous for "Five Easy Pieces", "Cool Hand Luke", "Days of Our Lives," "Carnivale" and dozens more television and movie roles.

"The Waltons" patriarch most recently appeared in "NCIS" and "Bones."

A former Marine Corps member, Waite ran for Congress three times in the 1990s in California but without success.




Waite is survived by one of his daughters and survived by his third wife, two daughters and stepson.


R.I.P Ralph Waite


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