• Name: Michael Landon
  
• Birth Name: Eugene Maurice Orowitz
  
• Height: 6'
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: October 31, 1936
  
• Birth Place: Forest Hills, Queens, New York, USA
  
• Profession: actor, director, writer, producer
  
• Education: University of Southern California in Los Angeles (received athletic scholarship; dropped out)
  
•   : Warner Bros. Film acting school
  
• Place of Death: July 1, 1991
  
• Death Date: Malibu, California, USA
  
• Death Cause: pancreatic cancer
  
• Husband/Wife: Cindy Clerico (makeup artist; born in 1957; married on February 14, 1983), Marjorie Lynn Noe (model; married in 1963; divorced in 1982), Dodie Frasier (legal secretary; born in 1930; married in 1956; divorced in 1962; remarried in 1976)
  
• Father: Eli Maurice Orowitz (Jewish; East Coast studio publicist, theater manager)
  
• Mother: Peggy Orowitz (actress, Broadway comedienne)
  
• Son: Sean Landon (born in 1986; mother: Cindy Clerico), Christopher Beau Landon (born in 1976; mother: Marjorie Lynn Noe), Michael Landon Jr. (actor; born on June 20, 1964; mother: Marjorie Lynn Noe), Josh Landon and Mark Landon
  
• Daughter: Jennifer Landon (mother: Cindy Clerico), Shawna Leigh Landon (born in 1971; mother: Marjorie Lynn Noe), Leslie Ann Landon (family therapist; born in 1962; mother: Marjorie Lynn Noe)
  
• Step daughter: Cheryl Landon (born in 1953; Marjorie Lynn Noe's daughter from her previous marriage)
  
• Claim to fame: as Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright in TV series: Bonanza (1959)
  

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• "Somebody ought to tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit every minute of every day. Do it, I say, whatever you want to do, do it now."

• Golden Boot Awards: Golden Boot (1984)
• Western Writers of America: Spur Award - Best TV Script, Little House on the Prairie (1981)
• Western Heritage Awards: Bronze Wrangler - Fictional Television Drama, BONANZA (1970)

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