ROANOKE, Va. – The star of one of television’s longest running Westerns died on Monday.
James Drury was a classically-trained Shakesperian actor, but was best known for playing a cowboy on “The Virginian” from 1962 to 1971.
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In 1963, he came to Roanoke to promote the show.
His assistant said Drury died of natural causes at the age of 85.