by Melissa Mames; TV Star Parade, April 1972
As most of us were preparing to usher in the New Year last December 31st with singing, dancing, and partying, a young man ... Read More
Pete Duel News Archive: 1972 and Later
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by Sue Cameron; TV Radio Mirror, April 1972
Word along the party circuit keeps cropping up about the late Pete Duel, who was a favorite among the Hollywood young set. Although ... Read More
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by Liz Dagucon; Tiger Beat Spectacular, April 1972
Everyone was saddened about the shocking news of Pete Duel's death. Hundreds of letters flooded into the office asking if it was true. ... Read More
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Rona Barrett's Hollywood, April 1972
It could never have made it as a story on Alias Smith and Jones. The plot was too bizarre and there was nothing funny to soften ... Read More
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Films Illustrated, March 1972
"It takes much more than a handsome face to make it big in films and television today. You just have to look at people like Dustin Hoffman, ... Read More
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by Funky Duke Lewis; Tiger Beat, March 1972
On the other hand, Pete Duel, the Joshua Smith of Alias Smith & Jones, voiced a more general sentiment of actors in long-lived ... Read More
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Rona Barrett's Hollywood, March 1973
Ben Murphy wasn't exactly bowled over by the cancellation of Alias Smith & Jones. According to Ben, doing a series is "... a killing 12-hour work ... Read More
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Superstar, February 1973
The Old West of Alias Smith & Jones was full of legends: Kid Curry, Hannibal Hayes, Jesse James, and Billy the Kid. They were all real people who ... Read More
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by Will Tusher; Motion Picture magazine, April 1972
...Now it can be told (although to what avail?): When Peter Duel went down as an apparent suicide because he was depressed over ... Read More
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SPEC 16 Magazine, April 1972
In the middle of the night — 1:30 a.m., December 31, to be precise — Pete Duel, by his own hand, ended his life. To the ... Read More
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Daily Express, early January 1972
The television cowboy Pete Duel was dead under a Christmas tree when police found him. He had a single bullet wound in his head. The co-star ... Read More
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