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1. Although we might have hoped Marshall Dillon and Miss Kitty would have ridden into the sunset together, it was not to be. Preceding her co-star in death by 22 years, Miss Kitty Russell probably was taken to heaven directly from the Long Branch Saloon in 1989. Born Beverly Louise Neill, who was the female lead in "Gunsmoke"?
2. Although not a lot of Westerns had leading ladies in the cast, many had sidekicks. Who probably rode his Jeep "Nellybelle" into the sunset in 1972 after over 100 episodes of "The Roy Rogers Show"?
3. Like Roy Rogers, Gene Autry was a famous singing cowboy, as well as star of both the big and little screens. Who played Autry's sidekick on most of the 91 episode run of "The Gene Autry Show" from 1950 to 1956, before finding greener acres, and finally riding into the sunset in 1994?
4. Born in 1903 in Benkelman, Nebraska, what rugged veteran of over 200 films may have ridden into the sunset aboard a Conestoga Prairie Schooner in 1960 after starring as wagon master Major Seth Adams for the first four seasons of "Wagon Train"?
5. Riding into the sunset in 2013, what handsome former boxer had leading roles in such TV Western series as "Tales of Wells Fargo" and "The Iron Horse," as well as being the final host of "Death Valley Days"?
6. Appearing as Trampas for the entire 249 episodes of "The Virginian," which actor rode into the sunset in 1995, after also acting in over 30 movies, including "The Enemy Below" and "The Unforgiven"?
7. Robert Errol Van Orden was born in 1931 and rode into the sunset in 1995 after starring as Deputy Lane Temple in "Cimarron City" in 1958-59 and as Slim Sherman in "Laramie" from 1959 to 1963. But what was his not-really-original stage name?
8. From 1955 to 1960, the series "Fury" was named for a horse, actually. It was the story of Jim Newton, owner of the Broken Wheel Ranch, and his adopted son, Joey, as well as the horse. Which actor, who rode into the sunset in 2010, a year ahead of his older brother, also star of a TV Western, was also a lead character in "Mission: Impossible" from 1967 to 1973?
9. "The Cisco Kid" ran on TV from 1950 to 1956. After several theater movies as the same character, who starred as Cisco on the small screen before riding into the sunset, no doubt on his faithful steed Diablo, in 1980?
10. And now one more classic before we head into the sunset ourselves. Who was that masked man who starred as "The Lone Ranger" for 221 episodes from 1949 to 1957, before making his last ride on Silver in 1999?
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