In February 1959, Landon's father succumbed to a heart attack.

Landon's father died later that year, and Landon was forced to use her writing to support both herself and her family ; contemporaries saw this profit-motive as detrimental to the quality of Landon's work.

Gilbert had already done dozens of commercials, including one for Alpo dog food with Lorne Greene ( Michael Landon's television father on Bonanza ) and attended school with his daughter, Leslie Landon.

With Knox withdrawing as Landon's selection for vice-president ( after the rejection of New Hampshire Governor Styles Bridges ) and Day, Green, and Warren releasing their delegates, the tally at the convention was:

Her most mainstream and well-received role was as Laotian refugee Keo Sirisomphone in Michael Landon's 1983 American television movie, Love Is Forever, in which she was credited as Moira Chen.

Walnut Grove may be the most recognized name of all the towns Wilder wrote about in her books ( although it is the only town she did not mention by name ) because Michael Landon's television series Little House on the Prairie of the 1970s and 1980s was set here.

Landon's character was the youngest, sometimes quick tempered Cartwright brother.

Landon's script fondly recalled brother Hoss, who was initially the story's groom, before Dan Blocker's untimely death.

That was the coolest, he was the toughest .” When not working on the Little House set, Gilbert spent most of the weekends visiting Landon's real-life family in 1976, she once said, “ The house was huge.

His co-star on the show was Victor French ( who had previously co-starred on Landon's Little House on the Prairie ) as ex-cop Mark Gordon.

A plaque and small playground referred to as the " Little Treehouse on the Prairie " was erected in Knights Park, a central park in Landon's hometown of Collingswood.

" Jerdan encouraged Landon's poetic endeavors, and her first poem was published under the single initial " L " in the Gazette in 1820, when Landon was 18.

Each production was based on Margaret Landon's 1944 book, Anna and the King of Siam, based on Leonowens ' somewhat fictionalized accounts of her experiences.

Cindy Landon mentions that Victor was a quiet and reclusive kind of guy as opposed to Michael Landon's outgoing personality.

Landon's fourth child, Kenneth, Jr., was born in Washington, D. C., in 1943.

Landon's ghost story Thurnley Abbey was originally published in 1908 in his book Raw Edges.

She began her acting career at age seven, when her aunt Rhonda Jett ( mother of Kyle Jett ), a nanny for actor Michael Landon's children, helped Martin land a guest spot on the Landon produced series Father Murphy.

In March 1981, Landon's mother, Peggy O ' Neill, died.

The reprints were Guy Endore's " Men of Iron " ( 1940 ), Richard Sale's " Perseus Had a Helmet " ( 1938 ), Stuart Palmer's " A Bride for the Devil " ( 1940 ), Perceval Landon's 1908 " Thurnley Abbey ," Oliver Onions ' 1910 " Rooum " and Fitz-James O ' Brien's " The Lost Room " ( 1858 ).

Leonowens's experiences in Siam were fictionalised in Margaret Landon's 1944 bestselling novel Anna and the King of Siam and in various films and television miniseries based on the book, most notably Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1951 hit musical The King and I.

Margaret Landon's novel Anna and the King of Siam ( 1944 ) provides a fictionalised look at Anna Leonowens's years at the royal court, developing the abolitionist theme that resonated with her American readership.

Based on Margaret Landon's Anna and the King of Siam — the story of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s — Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951, starring Gertrude Lawrence as Anna and a mostly unknown Yul Brynner as the king.

In 1962, both the A-and B-side of the record were re-released on the Fono-Graf label that included a picture sleeve of Landon's then-current work on Bonanza as Little Joe Cartwright.

All of Landon's singles have since been issued on compact disc by Bear Family Records as part of a Bonanza various artists compilation.

Little House became Landon's second-longest running series.

Up through the run of Highway to Heaven, all of Landon's television programs were broadcast on NBC.

During Landon's appearance, he pledged to fight the cancer and asked fans to pray for him.

Landon's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Landon's son, Michael Jr., produced a memorial special, Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love, featuring the actor's friends and co-stars.

By 1826, Landon's high reputation began to suffer as rumors began to appear in the gutter press that she had had affairs or secretly borne children.

Forster became aware of the rumours regarding Landon's sexual activity, and asked her to refute them.

Abiathar ( אביתר, Ebyathar, Evyatar, the father is pre-eminent or father of plenty ), in the Hebrew Bible, son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, the fourth in descent from Eli ( 1 Sam.

On the death of his grandfather Eli he most likely succeeded to the office of high priest, and would have been succeeded by his son Ahijah ( references to Ahitub as the father of are in 1 Sam.

* Archie Manning ( NFL quarterback, 1949 – present ); father of Peyton Manning, Cooper Manning and Eli Manning

The company was founded by Josiah's father, Colonel Eli Lilly.

An incident occurred with the suicide of Eli M. Black ( the father of Leon Black ) on February 3, 1975.

The boy's father was later identified as Amishman Eli Stutzman.

Along with his father, Eli Jacobs and Larry Lucchino, he was an investor from 1989 to 1993 in the Baltimore Orioles, a professional-baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Jack Cornwell's father Eli, who died on 25 October 1916 from bronchitis during home service with the Royal Defence Corps, was buried in the same grave on 31 October 1916.

Bodine's racing career seemed to be on track right from the start as his father and grandfather, Eli Bodine Jr. and Sr. built Chemung Speedrome just a year after he was born.

The daughter of a Russian Jew, Eli Olschanezky, a chemical engineer who worked as a sales representative for a manufacturer of ladies ' stockings, she was seven years old when the family moved to Paris, France and her father opened a lingerie shop there.

" Eli Manning's father, Archie, also has worked to raise funds for Katrina relief efforts.

In 2008 Cavanagh appeared in the short-lived ABC series, Eli Stone, playing the father of the title character.

* Billy Campbell ( Richard ' Rick ' Sammler ) Eli and Jessie's father, divorced from Karen

He also embeds a message in Alyx's brain for her father, Eli: " prepare for unforeseen consequences.

Her only weak point is her former marriage to Eli Levitt, leader of the " Friends " and Grace's father.

Recurring roles included Tom Wilson ( as Coach Fredericks ), Chauncey Leopardi ( as bully Alan White ), Shaun Weiss ( as student Sean and the bass player in Nick's band ), Joel Hodgson ( as a salesman who loves disco ), Trace Beaulieu ( as Mr. Lacovara, the school's biology teacher ), Joanna García ( as head cheerleader Vicki Appleby ), Kayla Ewell ( as Maureen Sampson, a transfer student ), Lizzy Caplan ( as student Sara ), Claudia Christian ( as Bill's mother ), Samaire Armstrong ( as " Deadhead " Laurie ), Ben Foster ( as the mentally handicapped student Eli ), and Kevin Tighe ( as Nick's father ).

* In the novel " The Compound ", Eli's father tells Lucas to cover his ears and sing this song to keep the small child from hearing the argument between Eli and his father.

He also starred in an NFL Sunday Ticket commercial with the Manning family ( Peyton and Eli are surprised that father Archie is helping him with his throwing, only to have Archie say that " he always wanted a lefty ").

She keeps one step ahead of her father and Vice-Principal Van Clemmons through the occasional help of her best friend Wallace — Watson to her Holmes — and classmate Eli " Weevil " Navarro, the leader of the PCH Biker Gang.

His father, Eli, worked in Central and South America.

He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including NCIS as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer ( now Special Agent ) Ziva David, The O. C.