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Article: Actor Clayton Moore Dies at 85; Rode to Fame as Lone Ranger
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- The Washington Post
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- December 29, 1999
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Clayton Moore, 85, a film and television actor with the famous
voice and all but unknown face who became known to millions as the
personification of the Lone Ranger, died Dec. 28 in the emergency
room of a hospital in the Los Angeles suburb of West Hills, Calif.,
after an apparent heart attack.
Mr. Moore rode onto the television stage Sept. 15, 1949, in a half-
hour Western adventure that quickly became the biggest hit of the
fledging ABC television network. In 1950, when the Nielsen company
released their first national ratings, "The Lone Ranger" was the only
ABC show to appear among the top 15 series.
Mr. Moore starred in more than 170 stirring episodes (an
additional 50, or so, starred ...