This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Over here at Rage Central, we’re doffing the coonskin caps of our ...

My brothers had the coonskinned caps but growing up we were all fans of Fess Parker. Only when we were fully grown — and Parker matured, too — that we could appreciate his interest in fine California ...

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash said Parker, ...

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman Sao Anash said Parker, ...

This article was corrected on Nov. 8, 2002. Disney is ready to renew its battle cry for “The Alamo.” The studio has begun negotiations with Billy Bob Thornton to play the role of Davy Crockett. The ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As a self-confessed coonskin-cap-wearer (tail snapped on), we ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85. Family spokeswoman ...