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Bert SchneiderHarry MorganAlan SuesBill McKinneyKen RussellAndy RooneyGil CatesSue MengersFrances BayJohn CalleyCliff RobertsonPolly PlattG.D. SpradlinSherwood SchwartzPeter FalkLaura ZiskinJames ArnessJeff ConawayArthur LaurentsJackie CooperMadelyn Pugh DavisMichael SarrazinArthur MarxFarley GrangerElizabeth TaylorJane RussellWalter SeltzerBetty GarrettJohn BarryMaria SchneiderCharlie CallasDon KirshnerSusannah YorkDavid NelsonPeter YatesPete PostlethwaiteAnne Francis

Best known for his role as Marshal Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," one of the longest-running prime-time series in network TV history, Arness was a towering symbol of frontier justice in the series that broke the mold for TV westerns. He was 88. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-james-arness-20110604,0,7068793.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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James Arness

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Best known for his role as Marshal Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke," one of the longest-running prime-time series in network TV history, Arness was a towering symbol of frontier justice in the series that broke the mold for TV westerns. He was 88. Full obituary

Notable film and television deaths of 2011

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