REMEMBERING PETE DUEL
Thank you to everyone who leaves such poignant and heartfelt expressions in The Memorial Book—and for all your kind words about this site. Your kinship is extremely appreciated. —Laura
Please post your thoughts below. The previous Memorial Book was receiving too much spam, so I had to close it and start this page instead. The previous memorial page also had hundreds of remembrances. I hope to someday transfer them here.
There may be a delay between when you leave your thoughts below and when your post appears, but rest assured, the post will eventually be published. Please keep in mind that many questions still remain about Peter’s state of mind in those final days of his life. One recent question is how much of a role the anti-seizure drug, Dilantin, played on his thoughts. Perhaps Pete was a victim of a pharmaceutical drug and not so much of self-inflicted depression. Also note that Geoffrey Deuel sometimes visited this page. Thank you.
To this day I still believe that Pete Duel is the most handsome actor ever to have appeared on our tv screens. I was 8 years old, loved AS&J and remember vividly when a class-mate told me Pete had shot himself which left me bereft. Having read books etc about Pete since, it’s hard to imagine why such a wonderful, caring, gifted and charismatic man had to take his own life. Thanks to ITV4 for showing repeats of AS&J; Geoffrey for sharing memories of his brother and to Laura for creating this website. God Bless you, Pete, still thinking fondly of you after 43 years.
He was a wonderful man and so young to go. I loved watching the show and cried buckets at 11yrs of age. Such a sad loss.
I fondly remember watching ASJ as a very young girl, I was only 5 years old when Pete sadly died. In my head Pete was a tall, dark, handsome hero. Now after watching the shows again I realise that my memories were correct, he was a hunk!
So grateful to ITV 4 for repeating Alias Smith & Jones at long last. Pete Duel was the first man to make me cry when I heard about his tragic death – seeing the series again brings back such wonderful memories of him.
Watched Pete in ASJ as a boy with my late brother and have always remembered how much we loved the show. I am now passing this on to my daughter as we watch YouTube with all the shows. It still holds up after all this time and watching Pete brings back cherished memories of my brother and I am happy to pass it on to my daughter.