
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 8, 1991                   TAG: 9104080255
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: EVENING 
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ACTOR REPORTEDLY TOLD OF INOPERABLE CANCER

Michael Landon, the star of "Bonanza," "Little House on the Prairie" and "Highway to Heaven," is suffering from inoperable cancer of the liver and pancreas, the New York Daily News reported today.

The 54-year-old actor was informed of his condition Friday when he returned to Los Angeles from a family ski trip to Utah, the newspaper said. He was to meet with doctors today to work out a treatment plan, according to the News.

Landon was recently informed that his fourth TV series, "US," in which he plays a traveling columnist, had been selected by CBS for its fall lineup.

Landon is a father of nine. He and his third wife, Cindy, 34, live with their younger children on a ranch in Malibu, Calif.

-Associated Press

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