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A sad Bonanza of Pancreatic Cancer: actor Pernell Roberts dead at 81

We recently blogged about the curious fact that the 1960s-era TV Western Bonanza was the favorite show of the famous French surrealist Rene Magritte. Magritte died from cancer of the pancreas in 1967. One of the four stars of Bonanza (along with Lorne Green, Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker) was  Michael Landon who also died [...]

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Our most surreal story: The incongruous juxtaposition of Magritte and Bonanza

Dr. B and I are just wrapping up a week in Brussels and today we toured an art museum devoted exclusively to the great Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte (1989-1967). Among the things we learned was that, early in his career, he did commercial advertising work, creating film posters and covers for musical scores, to support [...]

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