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Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen lost his life twenty years ago.
He guest-starred on The Andy Griffith Show.
Jed Clampett was a character who he loved to portray.
After living many years, he died twenty years ago today.
He was originally going to be the Tin Man and he died at the age of 95.
After living for over ninety years, this talented man could no longer survive.
Barnaby Jones was another character who Ebsen portrayed.
The world lost this man who has been dead for two decades.
You mention Buddy Ebsen loved..
You mentioned Buddy Ebsen loved to portray Jed Clampett. Since he took the job of acting seriously, he would really want to get into the character he was portraying. He needed to be Jed Clampett. In order to achieve that he would need to eat what Jed Clampett would. Here are the 20 dishes Buddy Ebsen ate during the run of The Beverly Hillbillies. You may turn your nose up at them, but he did live to 95. Maybe this diet had something to do with it?
https://www.metv.com/quiz/the-meals-of-the-beverly-hillbillies-ranked-in-order-of-edibility