SO LONG, JOHNNY CRAWFORD...

To a generation of television viewers, you were (and always will be) Mark McCain, son of Chuck Conner's noble and stalwart Lucas on the Rifleman.

Of course, you can be found in so many other productions of the big and small screen: El Dorado; Indian Paint; the Big Valley; the Lone Ranger; Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre; the Gambler: Luck of the Draw; the Mickey Mouse Club; Hawaii Five-0, Little House on the Prairie; the Loretta Young Show; the Donna Reed Show; Mr. Novak; Mister Ed; the Naked Ape; the Restless One; and the short-film masterpiece, the Resurrection of Broncho Billy.

Some fail to realize you were also an outstanding singer and your tune, "You're Nose is Gonna Grow" remains one of my all-time, quirky favorites. 

I'm gonna miss you big-time, Johnny Crawford, but I'll always take immense comfort in your presence whenever I revisit your pleasing body of work.