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.
Randomly thought about Pete today and read the Wikipedia article about Alias Smith and Jones and about Pete and followed the link here. I was in junior high when Pete took his own life. I was devastated. I put together an album of all the stories about him back then, with clippings from teen magazines. My parents had a drugstore and they got to keep all the magazines that didn’t sell (they tore the covers off and sent those in) so I had access to all the teen magazines. I’m not devastated anymore but I still feel pangs about it, remembering that younger me, and I feel that sense of heartache for someone who was in that place in their head where they felt they needed to leave the world and not pursue a future and everything that would have been part of it. I sure would have loved to have seen what he would have done in Alias Smith and Jones and beyond. Best to you you all.
I think about him often. It’s too bad that he didn’t realize how much of an influence he was on so many people. Back then it was so uncommon for people to care about the things that Peter cared about. He really stood out!! And he was talented and easy on the eyes as well!! It was that combination–the caring about animals and politics and the environment–and the talented acting—-that was irresistible. RIP Peter!!
Remembering him with you. ♥️
Remembering Pete today…..just because 🤠
i loved the showand i felt bad about his passing