Johnny Sheffield, right, played “Boy” in the Tarzan movies opposite Johnny Weissmuller. (Photo via Wikipedia/public domain) The Lone Ranger had Tonto. Abbott had Costello. And Tarzan had “Boy.” For ...

Jane Goodall, the late-trailblazing primatologist and global conservation icon, has repeatedly said she was inspired by the book Tarzan of the Apes series growing up, influencing her profound career.

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When Edgar Rice Burroughs first created Tarzan in 1912, he couldn’t have had any idea how long a shadow his character would cast over the landscape of popular imagination. The man raised by great apes ...

“Tarzan” star Ron Ely’s cause of death has been revealed. The actor, who passed away on Sept. 29, died from “end-stage heart disease,” according to his death certificate, obtained by TMZ. The document ...

Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died. He was 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told the Associated Press on Wednesday ...

Star of hit TV show Tarzan, Ron Ely, has died aged 86. The actor, best known for his starring role in the jungle-based series of the '60s, was confirmed to have died by his daughter, Kirsten. She ...

Ron Ely, who played Tarzan in the 1960s TV series, has died aged 86. The actor passed away at his home in Los Alamos, California, on 29 September, his daughter Kirsten Casale Ely said. The 6'4", ...

"Tarzan" star Ron Ely has died. The actor passed away at 86 years old, his daughter confirmed to Fox News Digital. "The world has lost one of the greatest men it has ever known – and I have lost my ...

Ron Ely, best known for his starring role as Tarzan in the 1960s NBC television series Tarzan, has died, his daughter Kirsten confirmed to TMZ, telling the outlet her father passed away peacefully at ...

Ron Ely, known for starring in the original "Tarzan" TV series, has died, his daughter Kirsten Ely announced on social media Wednesday. He was 86. The former actor reportedly died on Sept. 29 at one ...