A bizarre recluse who suffered from a drinking problem in later years, he walked into a Simi Valley bar on July 24, 2004, and shot two customers -- one fatally. He was caught three blocks away by police and arrested for murder.
A devotee of yogi exercise and a vegetarian, he professed to believe in non-violence until his sudden murder spree.
An avid guitar player who taught neighbors and gave free concerts.
Grizzled, rangy, goateed, silver-haired Hollywood cowboy character actor of the 1960s and '70s who played numerous gunslinger types on film (A Man Called Gannon (1968), Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967)) and TV ("Bonanza" (1959), "Rawhide" (1959)).
He was arrested for shooting two patrons in Simi Valley's The Regency Lounge (California, USA) on 24 July 2004. One of the patrons, Arthur De Long, died from a gunshot wound to the back, while the other patron, Edward Sanchez, is in serious condition from shots to the face and back.