Obituary: Dan Haggerty
Actor who starred alongside Ben the bear in much-loved 'Grizzly Adams'
Rapport: Dan Haggerty with bear Ben as Grizzly Adams
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Dan Haggerty, who has died aged 73, was the star of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, the family-friendly tale of a 19th-century California mountain man and his pet bear which became a hit film and television series in the 1970s.
Though derived from a novel by Charles E Seller, Grizzly Adams was loosely based on the experiences of James Capen Adams. In the 1850s, he had roamed the western United States with a menagerie which included bears he had raised.
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