U.S. actor and civil-rights advocate Pernell Roberts died of cancer at his Malibu, Calif., home, his wife said Monday. He was 81. Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) was ...

U.S. actor and civil-rights advocate Pernell Roberts died of cancer at his Malibu, Calif., home, his wife said Monday. He was 81.

When actor Pernell Roberts died Jan. 24 in Malibu, a small group of his friends in Novato felt a deep loss. Roberts, a star of the TV series “Bonanza” and “Trapper John, M.D.,&#82… ...

Mr. Roberts, who played Adam Cartwright, the eldest son on television’s seminal western series “Bonanza, ”was the last surviving member of the show’s original family.

Pernell Roberts, a versatile actor best remembered for his portrayal of the handsome, eldest Cartwright son on the classic television Western "Bonanza" and later as the lead character in the ...

ALASKA Remote village is first counted in U.S. census NOORVIK — One down, more than 309 million to go. U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves began the 2010 count of the nation's residents in … ...