resting_place death_place death_date birth_place height birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
san fernando mission cemetery in los angeles los angeles , california 30 november 1973 los angeles , california , u.s. 6 ' 5 '' 28 december 1935 joan patenaude-yarnell bruce yarnell
 bruce yarnell actor '' : deputy marshal chalk breeson on '' outlaws airplane crash
bruce yarnell

bruce yarnell -lrb- december 28 , 1935 -- november 30 , 1973 -rrb- was an american actor who co-starred in the second season -lrb- 1961-1962 -rrb- of nbc 's western television series `` outlaws '' , set in the lawless oklahoma territory .
he was also a noted broadway and opera baritone .
yarnell played deputy u.s. marshal chalk breeson , having replaced jock gaynor -lrb- 1929-1998 -rrb- in the role of deputy heck martin .
yarnell 's principal co-star , don collier -lrb- born 1928 -rrb- , played marshal will foreman .
slim pickens played the role of `` slim '' .
in the first season , barton maclane -lrb- 1902-1969 -rrb- had appeared as marshal frank caine , and the episodes had been related from the outlaws ' viewpoint .
in the second season , the narrative reflected the judgment of the lawmen .
among the segments in which yarnell appeared were `` horse of a similar color '' , `` the outlaw marshals '' , `` masterpiece '' , `` the cutups '' , `` chalk 's lot '' and `` the connie masters story '' .
connie masters , the proprietess of a restaurant , was played by judy lewis , daughter of loretta young and clark gable .
the character chalk breeson was the then 25-year-old yarnell 's first recurring television role .
he subsequently appeared in 1963 as tom kidwell in the nbc rodeo drama `` the wide country '' , starring earl holliman and andrew prine , and in 1964-1965 as muley jones in two episodes of nbc 's powerhouse western `` bonanza '' .
in 1965 , he appeared as captain jeb winslow in one episode of cbs 's `` hogan 's heroes '' military comedy with bob crane .
he also guest starred in cbs 's `` the smothers brothers show '' .
his last television role was as little john in the 1968 series `` the legend of robin hood '' , not to be confused with a british series of the same name seven years thereafter .
prior to his television career , yarnell made his 1960 broadway debut as sir lionel in the original cast of `` camelot '' and soon left that show to star opposite cyril ritchard in `` the happiest girl in the world . ''
he returned to broadway in the 1966 lincoln center revival of `` annie get your gun '' , in which he played the marksman frank e. butler , husband and manager of annie oakley , opposite ethel merman , who was twenty-seven years yarnell 's senior , in the starring role .
yarnell 's rich , burnished baritone may be heard on the original cast recordings of those three shows .
yarnell was born in los angeles and graduated from hollywood high school there .
a week after finishing an engagement as marcello in `` la boheme '' at the san francisco opera , he and two passengers , david and teri wirsching , were killed when the small-craft airplane that yarnell was piloting went down over los angeles .
yarnell had radioed prior to the crash that he had lost electrical power and was disoriented .
yarnell 's widow , the singer and voice instructor joan patenaude-yarnell -lrb- born in ottawa , canada , on september 12 , 1941 -rrb- , instituted the bruce yarnell scholarship to honor young baritones .
as stated above , yarnell made a successful transition from broadway to opera and sang principal roles at the san francisco opera from 1971 until his death .
his interpretations of dr. falke in sfo 's `` die fledermaus '' and sharpless in sfo 's `` madama butterfly '' are preserved on rare recordings .
yarnell also produced two solo albums , `` house of the lord '' and `` bruce yarnell sings '' .
joan yarnell has been a faculty member at the manhattan school of music since 1997 .
