No cause was given.
The group also had a syndicated TV program,The Ames Brothers Show.
and give a shot to Remember.

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During his TV career, he accidentally becameTonight Showlegend when he demonstrated how tothrow a tomahawkfor host Johnny Carson.
Carson quipped, I didnt even know you were Jewish!
and then, Welcome to Frontier Bris.

Ed Amesand Darby Hinton in ‘Daniel Boone,’ 1966NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images
The audience roared for a reported four minutes.
Ames was born in Massachusetts as the youngest of nine children, and received a B.A.
in theater and cinema arts from UCLA in 1975.
Another daughter, Marcella, predeceased him.