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| | Boston.com / A&E / TV / Don Durant, star of 1950s TV Western, dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Don Durant, who in the 1950s starred as gunslinger-turned-sheriff "Johnny Ringo" and also wrote and sang the television show's theme song, has died. |
 | | Though it only ran for a season, the show generated about 100 toys and other items, including board games, character puppets, gun sets and canteens. |
 | | Durant who was born in Long Beach in 1932, spent most of his youth at his stepfather's ranch in Elko, Nev., where he learned to ride, rope and shoot. |
| www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2005/03/25/johnny_ringo_star_don_durant_dies_at_72 (322 words) |
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