Randy Boone, who played the singing and guitar-playing rancher on long-running NBC Western series The Virginian, has died at the age of 83, according to The Hollywood Reporter. His wife Lana Boone ...

Randy Boone, who portrayed guitar-playing, singing ranch hand Randy Benton on the 1960s television show, “The Virginian,” died on Aug. 28. He was 83. The actor’s wife, Lana, confirmed Boone’s death to ...

When The Virginian premiered on NBC in 1962, it brought something brand new to the Western genre: ninety minutes of color-filmed cowboy drama each week, making it the first of its kind on television.

Randy Boone, who played the guitar-strumming singing ranch hand Randy Benton on the classic NBC western The Virginian, died Thursday, August 28. He was 83. His death was reported to The Hollywood ...