[a href="vny!://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/554/2/" id="r-6-1_1104650115"]Dennis Weaver Dead at 81[/a][font size="-1"][font color="#6f6f6f"] [font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2"]Halifax Live -[/font][/font][font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2"] [nobr]1 hour ago[/nobr][/font][/font][font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2"]
[/font][font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="2"]Actor Dennis Weaver, best known for his memorable roles on the TV series, Gunsmoke and McLoud has died at the age of 81. Weaver will be remembered for his role as the limping sidekick "Chester" on the long-running TV western, Gunsmoke.[/font]
[img]vny!://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20060227/160_ap_dennis_weaver.jpg" alt="Actor Dennis Weaver, president of the Screen Actors Guild, is shown in Hollywood, Ca., in June 1974. (AP Photo) " border="0" height="120" width="160"]