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Mark Landon | Actor's son, 60

Mark Landon, 60, an actor and the eldest son of Little House on the Prairie star Michael Landon, was found dead Monday at his West Hollywood, Calif., home. The cause of death was not immediately clear, but there was no evidence of foul play, sheriff's officials said.

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Mark Landon, 60, an actor and the eldest son of

Little House on the Prairie

star Michael Landon, was found dead Monday at his West Hollywood, Calif., home. The cause of death was not immediately clear, but there was no evidence of foul play, sheriff's officials said.

Mark Landon, one of Michael Landon's nine children, appeared in three movies, including Us, a CBS television movie written and directed by his father in 1991, just before he died of cancer at age 54. The film was a pilot intended to be another series for Michael Landon. It aired a few months after his death.

Michael Landon starred in such shows as Bonanza and Highway to Heaven. He adopted Mark Landon after marrying his mother, Dodie Levy-Fraser, in 1956. - AP

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