Pernell Roberts — the last of the stars from TV’s “Bonanza” — died on Sunday. The handsome actor shocked Hollywood decades ago when he walked away from the popular western series. He’s a cautionary ...

HAMPTON – Pernell Roberts, aka “Dap or “Pepper”, husband of Alethea Roberts, was called up to glory March 26, 2009, after a long illness. Born April 15, 1944, in Phoebus, to Bessie Mae and Sherman ...

NBC’s hit Western series, Bonanza, ran from 1959 to 1973 — but not everyone from the main cast stayed with the show the entire time. Pernell Roberts played Adam Cartwright, and he infamously didn’t ...

Pernell Roberts, 81, a strapping actor who was an original cast member of the long-running TV western "Bonanza" and the star of the medical drama "Trapper John, M.D.," died of cancer Jan. 24 at his ...