The femur (/ËfiËmÉr/) (pl. femurs or femora (/ËfÉmÉrÉ/)), or thigh bone, is the most proximal (closest to the center of the body) bone of the leg in tetrapod vertebrates capable of walking or jumping, such as most land mammals, birds, many reptiles such as lizards, and amphibians such as frogs.
In the mid-1980s, he again obtained success on television as Colonel John Hannibal Smith, the cigar-chomping leader of The A-Team (1983). George Peppard died at age 65 of pneumonia on May 8, 1994 in Los Angeles, California.
Blue Velvet Actor George Dickerson Dies at 81. Jan 18, 2015 12:51 PM EST. George Dickerson, who played Det. John Williams in Blue Velvet, died earlier this month at age 81. According to a note posted by his son, Dome Karukoski, on Facebook, Dickerson had been ill. My father passed away on Saturday, Karukoski wrote on Janâ¦ Read more.