loincloths and swingers TARZAN has died

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Ron Ely, Star of TV’s Tarzan, Dead at 86

 

Thu Oct 15, 2020

One year to the day after their brother Cameron Ely ― the son of Tarzan actor Ron Ely ― was shot 22 times by Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies, Kirsten Ely and Kaitland Ely Sweet and their attorneys held a tearful news conference in the driveway of the family’s Hope Ranch home to rebuke a new report by the District Attorney’s Office that ruled the shooting a justifiable homicide.

Cameron, who was unarmed when he was killed, was the prime suspect in the stabbing death of the siblings’ mother, Valerie, earlier that evening on October 15, 2019. Law enforcement officials claim Cameron announced he had a gun, then lunged at the deputies during their confrontation at the property.  The Elys and their attorneys dispute that narrative, arguing Cameron was attempting to surrender to the four deputies with his hands raised when they opened fire without reason or warning. The Elys claim the deputies then lied to investigators, and that the District Attorney’s Office is now complicit in the alleged cover-up. 

Neither authorities nor the family has provided a clear motive for Valerie’s murder, though a coroner’s report noted Cameron, a Harvard graduate who reportedly suffered from mental health problems and was living with his parents, had been acting erratically and aggressively in the days prior. Ron Ely, 81, was home at the time of the killing, confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak after a recent stroke.

 

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I watched Tarzan in reruns before the Price is Right.  It's so sad that his final years were so turbulent.