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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/us/tarzan-ron-ely.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Ron Ely, left, with the producer George Pal in Hollywood, Calif., in 1975.CreditCreditKeystone/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images
The killings took place at the Santa Barbara home that the actor shared with his wife.
By Heather Murphy
Oct. 16, 2019
Updated 6:59 p.m. ET
The son of the actor Ron Ely, who starred in the 1960s television series Tarzan, killed his mother on Tuesday in Santa Barbara, Calif., before being fatally shot by sheriffs deputies when he threatened them, the authorities said Wednesday.
Valerie Lundeen Ely, 62, died from stab wounds inside the home in Hope Ranch, a suburb of Santa Barbara, that she had shared with her husband, Mr. Ely, 81.
Sheriffs deputies, who received a call at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday about a family disturbance at the home, found the body and identified the couples son, Cameron Ely, 30, as the suspect in the killing, the sheriffs office said.
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Ron Ely, left, with the producer George Pal in Hollywood, Calif., in 1975.CreditCreditKeystone/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images
The killings took place at the Santa Barbara home that the actor shared with his wife.
By Heather Murphy
Oct. 16, 2019
Updated 6:59 p.m. ET
The son of the actor Ron Ely, who starred in the 1960s television series Tarzan, killed his mother on Tuesday in Santa Barbara, Calif., before being fatally shot by sheriffs deputies when he threatened them, the authorities said Wednesday.
Valerie Lundeen Ely, 62, died from stab wounds inside the home in Hope Ranch, a suburb of Santa Barbara, that she had shared with her husband, Mr. Ely, 81.
Sheriffs deputies, who received a call at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday about a family disturbance at the home, found the body and identified the couples son, Cameron Ely, 30, as the suspect in the killing, the sheriffs office said.
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Son of Ron Ely, Actor Who Played Tarzan, Kills His Mother and Is Fatally Shot by Deputies, Official (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. WOW
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)2. How terribly sad.
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)6. +1
MustLoveBeagles
(11,563 posts)3. I heard about this earlier
My heart goes out to Ron Ely. I can't imagine what he's going through right now.
madaboutharry
(40,153 posts)4. I sat next to Ron Ely on a flight back to NY from Paris.
The airline messed up my flight so they put me in first class.
He is very nice man. I feel terrible for him.
Skittles
(152,967 posts)5. she was a former Miss Florida
very tragic
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)7. Oh terrible tragedy at an age when one hopes to have escaped some of the worst, if indeed one has
been so lucky, and just get a bit of peace.
TeamPooka
(24,156 posts)8. Ely also starred in the film Doc Savage: Man of Bronze, based on the series of pulp novels.