Ron Ely, best known for his starring role as Tarzan in the 1960s NBC television series Tarzan, has died, his daughter Kirsten confirmed to TMZ, telling the outlet her father passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on September 29.
He was 86. His daughter shared an emotional tribute to her father on Instagram. “The world has lost one of the greatest men it has ever known – and I have lost my dad,” Kirsten wrote. “My father was someone that people called a hero.
He was an actor, writer, coach, mentor, family man and leader. He created a powerful wave of positive influence wherever he went.
The impact he had on others is something that I have never witnessed in any other person – there was something truly magical about him.
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