One of Hollywood’s greatest sheriffs, James Arness, died today of natural causes at his home, the Los Angeles Times reports. At 6-foot-7, Arness dominated TV screens as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke , which ran from 1955 to 1975 and defined the TV Western. Arness had been wary about taking a…
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Gunsmoke ‘s ‘Marshal Dillon’ Dead at 88