'Gunsmoke' Co-Star Ken Curtis Also Found Success in Western Films, Country Music
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'Gunsmoke' Co-Star Ken Curtis Also Found Success in Western Films, Country Music
Ken Curtis may be remembered as Festus, but his career included everything from a run with a Country Music Hall of Fame act to roles in John Wayne movies.
Sep 25, 2021
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In Once a Haggen (S9, E18), Ken Curtis sang with Slim Pickens "Six Shiny Black Horses" - a haunting composition by Curtis himself. A shiny black carriage All draperied like snow Six shiny black horses Are pulling so slow The road to the graveyard Is lonesome and Long Who passed the last judgment Was he right or wrong | The Legacy of Gunsmoke
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