Actor Fess Parker was famed for playing early American folk heroes.
TV's Davy Crockett dead at 85
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Fess Parker, the actor best known for playing American folk heroes Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, has died aged 85.
Court rules against Anna Nicole Smith's heir
A federal appeals court has ruled that the estate of late model Anna Nicole Smith was not entitled to one cent of the more than $300 million she sought from the estate of her billionaire oil baron husband.
Singing sailors net whopping record deal
A group of sailors from Cornwall in south-west England has landed a record deal after a music executive heard them singing sea shanties in a local pub.
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