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Ron Ely, TV's 'Tarzan' in the 1960s, dies at 86

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Ron Ely was not quite as well-known as Johnny Weismuller , the Olympic swimmer who played Tarzan in movies in the 1930s and 1940s .

He helped form the image of the shirtless, loincloth-wearing character further immortalized by Disney .

Ely retired from acting to focus on his family in 2001 .

Ely 's wife, Valerie Lundeen Ely , was stabbed to death at their Santa Barbara , California , home by their 30-year-old son, who was subsequently shot and killed by police.

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