Ottawa's Lorne Greene started a career on radio at that city' s CBO Radio. His first stage appearance was in the Broadway play The Prescott Proposals with Katherine Cornell in 1953. Following 'Bonanza', Greene hosted his own wilderness show on Canada's CTV for 5 years before returning to drama with the Star Wars styled 'Battlestar Galactica' and the short-lived 'Code Red'. Greene died of complications from an operation on a perforated ulcer September 11, 1987.
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