The actor James Arness, who also appeared in more than 30 films, died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, family spokesman Ginny Fazer tells the Los Angeles Times. James Arness, the strapping Western star who played Marshal Matt Dillon in TV#39;s long-running Gunsmoke, died Friday at age 88. A Minnesota native and brother of Mission: Impossible star Peter Graves, Arness was a World War II combat veteran. He originally wanted to be a naval fighter pilot, but his 6-foot-7 frame exceede
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