In his final public appearance in front of a camera ... my family,” Carson said (via the LA Times) at Landon’s death. “Michael called last Monday expressing his deepest sympathy on the ...

She was anxious about seeing Landon when he was very sick. It had been a few weeks since his Tonight Show appearance ... Gilbert says on the last day of filming, she told Landon that she didn ...

Actor Michael Landon, who has inoperable cancer ... It was his first public appearance since he was diagnosed last month with inoperable cancer of the liver and pancreas, a usually fatal illness.

Feeling that his birth name wasn’t catchy enough for an aspiring actor, Eugene Orowitz chose his professional moniker by picking the name Michael Landon ... first starring appearance was on ...