Lou Frizzell (June 10, 1919
– June 17, 1979) was an American actor and music director who worked on Broadway productions, television shows and films. He was perhaps best known for playing Dusty Rhodes in the American
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television series ''
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Frizzell died in June 1979 of
lung cancer
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at his home in
Los Angeles, California
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, at the age of 60.
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1919 births
1979 deaths
Male actors from Missouri
Music directors
American male film actors
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
Western (genre) television actors
Deaths from lung cancer in California