60 Years Ago, the Star of ‘Rawhide’ Died While Filming a Forgotten ‘Wizard of Oz’ Show

Eric Fleming first rose to prominence for playing Gil Favor on the CBS Western series Rawhide, alongside Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates. After seven seasons with the show, Fleming was fired, reportedly because the ratings had started to slip; he ended up landing very few other roles prior to his untimely death in 1966. That…