he played matt dillon in a tv western series begunsmoke.was 32 when his friend john wayne declined the lead role in begunsmoke and recommended arness instead. >> dr. death has also died. jason cazares rose to fame after becoming a death advocate. he helped 138 people to end their lives. he had been in the hospital with kidney problems. he was released from a michigan prison in 2007 after serving eight years for second-degree murder in connection with an assisted suicide. jason cazares was 84. >> john edwards is about to make his first court appearance in north carolina facing federal criminal charges that he illegal gave campaign contributions to his mistress. >> its stunning fall from grace, a vice presidential nominee and now indicted on criminal charges. it's the culmination after two year federal investigation into whether hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations were illegally used to cover up edwards piaf with his mistress. >> his attorneys said they gave them as gifts that wanted to keep it affair. in an interview, edwa

he played matt dillon in a tv western series begunsmoke.e was 32 when his friend john wayne declined the lead role in begunsmoke and recommended arness instead. >> dr. death has also died. jason cazares rose to fame after becoming a death advocate. he helped 138 people to end their lives. he had been in the hospital with kidney problems. he was released from a michigan prison in 2007 after serving eight years for second-degree murder in connection with an assisted suicide. jason cazares was 84. >> john edwards is about to make his first court appearance in north carolina facing federal criminal charges that he illegal gave campaign contributions to his mistress. >> its stunning fall from grace, a vice presidential nominee and now indicted on criminal charges. it's the culmination after two year federal investigation into whether hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations were illegally used to cover up edwards piaf with his mistress. >> his attorneys said they gave them as gifts that wanted to keep it affair. in an interview, ed

but begunsmoke made him an icon. his buddy john wayne turned it down.new there was only one guy to play him, james arness. the series ran from 1959 to 1975, one of the longest running series in history. arness was nominated for three emmys. the set is long gone at the cbs lot in studio city, california where it was filmed. the show was such a big part of the network, there is even a street named gunsmoke avenue. photos of arness and the cast are on the set. harrison ford and burt reynolds careers were launched through it. >> his