OBITUARY

David Nelson dies at 74; last surviving member of the TV sitcom family

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David Nelson and his brother, Rick, joined their parents on ‘The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet’ on radio in 1949. The show moved to TV in 1952 and ran for 14 years. David Nelson later became a director.

By Dennis McLellan

Los Angeles Times

January 12, 2011

David Nelson, the elder son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and the last surviving member of the family that became an American institution in the 1950s and ’60s as the stars of the classic TV sitcom “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” died Tuesday. He was 74.

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