<P> On September 20 , 1973 , at age 74 , Strange died of lung cancer in Los Angeles , California . Singer Eddie Dean , with whom Strange had collaborated on various songs and opening themes for films , sang at Strange 's funeral service as a final tribute . Strange is interred at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery . In 1975 , two years after Strange 's death , his Gunsmoke costar Buck Taylor named his third son Cooper Glenn Taylor after Strange . </P>
<P> On September 20 , 1973 , at age 74 , Strange died of lung cancer in Los Angeles , California . Singer Eddie Dean , with whom Strange had collaborated on various songs and opening themes for films , sang at Strange 's funeral service as a final tribute . Strange is interred at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery . In 1975 , two years after Strange 's death , his Gunsmoke costar Buck Taylor named his third son Cooper Glenn Taylor after Strange . </P>
what happened to sam the bartender on gunsmoke
what happened to sam the bartender on gunsmoke
age 74 , Strange died of lung cancer
age 74 , Strange died of lung cancer