Bruce G has 2 more reviews of Lackland Air Force Base. â 1 Interesting place!â. Reviewed January 17, 2016. â 2 Lackland AFB.....â. Reviewed August 24, 2016.
AP. FRESNO, Calif., April 30â Ken Curtis, a singer and actor who played the scruffy deputy Festus on the television series Gunsmoke, died in his sleep on Sunday at his home. He was 74 years old. His death was attributed to natural causes, said A. C. Lyle, a producer at Paramount Studios.
Ken Curtis; Played 'Festus' on 'Gunsmoke'. April 30, 1991 | BURT A. FOLKART | TIMES STAFF WRITER. Ken Curtis, who as a boy helped out in his father's jail in Colorado and as a character named Festus Haggen performed similar work for Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, is dead.pril 30, 1991 | BURT A. FOLKART | TIMES STAFF WRITER. Ken Curtis, who as a boy helped out in his father's jail in Colorado and as a character named Festus Haggen performed similar work for Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, is dead.