Stars of The Waltons gathered together on June 6 and 7 at The Hollywood Show in Burbank, Calif. During a Q&A with fans, star Michael Learned said how much she loved her late costar, Ralph Waite, ...

Ralph Waite, who played the patriarch of Walton's Mountain on the long-running family drama "The Waltons," and appeared as the father of Mark Harmon's Jethro Gibbs on "NCIS," has died. He passed away ...

Ralph S. Waite OBITUARY PORTER CORNERS – Ralph S. Waite (a.k.a. “”Big Scat, Big Bull, Chief””), 72, a lifelong resident of Plank Road, died Wednesday evening, June 27, 2012, at his home, following a ...

Waite, who lived in California's Palm Springs area, died at midday, manager Alan Mills said. Mills, who did not know the cause of death, said he was taken aback because Waite had been in good health ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ralph Waite, who played the good-hearted but soft-spoken patriarch on the 1970s U.S. television drama "The Waltons," died on Thursday in Southern California, the actor's ...

LOS ANGELES — Ralph Waite, who played the kind patriarch of a tight-knit rural Southern family on the TV series “The Waltons,” has died, his manager said Thursday. He was 85. Waite, who lived in the ...