After Rawhide , Eric Fleming took part in a Doris Day vehicle The Glass Bottom Boat where he played a suave spy, and then was signed to star in High Jungle, an MGM adventure film shot in Peru. During the final stages of shooting, Fleming's dugout canoe overturned in theHuallaga River. Actor Nico Minardos managed to swim to safety, but Fleming was swept away by the current and drowned on September 28, 1966
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Eric Fleming was the star of the television Western Rawhide which ran for 8 seasons (59-66). He died between the 7th and 8th seasons when he was filming a movie in Peru named High Jungles. On September 28, 1965, his dugout canoe overturned in the Huallaga River and he was drowned.
He drowned while filming a new series in Peru. His dugout canoe tipped over and he was swept away by the strong current.
Unfortunately, Eric is 'not' still alive. He died in a freak accident while making a film in South America.......A very sad story.
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Fleming was an american actor. He was born in California in 1966. Fleming dead when he was 41. He had planned to marry Lynne Garber and become a teacher.
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John Fleming - naturalist - died in 1857.
Art Fleming had been battling pancreatic cancer since April 11, 1995. He passed away two weeks later due to complications from the cancer on April 25, 1995, less than a week before he would have turned 71.