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Richard Bull | 'Little House' actor, 89

Richard Bull, 89, who played shopkeeper and put-upon spouse Nels Oleson on TV's Little House on the Prairie, died Monday of pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital.

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Richard Bull, 89, who played shopkeeper and put-upon spouse Nels Oleson on TV's

Little House on the Prairie,

died Monday of pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital.

"Everyone loved him so much," said Mr. Bull's Little House costar Alison Arngrim, who played his daughter, Nellie, and remained close to him. "People are posting [condolences] in six different languages on my Facebook page."

Mr. Bull "was as Nels Oleson as you'd possibly want someone to be. He was calm, rational, sensible," Arngrim said.

The Illinois-born character actor appeared in a wide range of TV shows, from Perry Mason in the 1950s to Kelsey Grammer's Boss in 2011. He played opposite his wife of 65 years, actress Barbara Collentine, in several projects. - AP

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