RIP Mingo

[kingofnerf]

Ed Ames, Singer and ‘Daniel Boone’ Sidekick, Dies at 95

He's also known for landing a tomahawk in an uncomfortable place on 'The Tonight Show.'

www.hollywoodreporter.com

A native of Massachusetts and a son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, Ames starred as the Oxford-educated Mingo opposite Fess Parker as Daniel Boone on the first four seasons (1964-68) of the TV Western.

Ames also was an early minority owner of the NBA expansion team the Phoenix Suns along with Henry Mancini, Andy Williams, Bobbie Gentry and Tony Curtis.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PIsHh8MXs

 

[kingofnerf]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8

 

[kingofnerf]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQVe7QXpI9s

 

[FurmanCock]

I loved watching Daniel Boone on tv when I was a kid. Must confess I had a "coonskin" hat and a "cap gun" musket. RIP Ed Ames.

 

[JimG]

I loved watching Daniel Boone on tv when I was a kid. Must confess I had a "coonskin" hat and a "cap gun" musket. RIP Ed Ames.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I loved watching Daniel Boone on tv when I was a kid. Must confess I had a "coonskin" hat and a "cap gun" musket. RIP Ed Ames.

Yeah I loved that show as well as a kid.