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Representatives for Ely’s family did not respond to requests for comment from People and other outlets.Įly first gained prominence playing Tarzan in an NBC series that ran for two seasons from 1966-1968, according to his IMDB page. #UPDATE: Cops Say 'Tarzan' Star Ron Ely's Wife Was Killed by Their Son Īfter searching the property and surrounding area, deputies located Cameron outside the home and said “he posed a threat,” which prompted four deputies to fire “their service weapons at the suspect, fatally wounding him,” the sheriff’s office said, according to People.Įly was hospitalized as a precaution, and an autopsy of Valerie and Cameron is pending. Still he was able to confirm that the suspect was his son, that no one else was in the house at the time of the attack, and that he believed his son had “driven away.” The retired actor, though, has a medical condition that prevented him from speaking clearly, People said. On the call, a responding deputy said that after “clearing the house,” he spoke to an “elderly gentleman,” who was later identified as Ely and who was not injured, People reported. When the dispatcher called back, a man responded who sounded “out of breath, unintelligible, and crying.” The dispatcher at the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s office noted that “someone defended someone” and then the man hung up the phone, the Blast said. Tarzan actor Ron Elys' son 'called 911 to say his 81-year-old disabled father attacked his wife' who was found stabbed to death Tuesday, a man, believed to be Cameron Ely, called 911 to claim that his “father tried to attack his mother,” according to a recording of the call obtained by The Blast. A Harvard Crimson article from May 2007 said Cameron sports “the conventional Harvard-recruited stats: a GPA above 4.0, questionable arm strength and supreme intelligence.”īut 12 years later, at about 8:15 p.m. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, earned a spot at Harvard and joined the elite university’s football team in 2007 as a quarterback. In interviews, Ely talked about how he left acting to devote himself to being a hands-on father.Ĭameron, who inherited his father’s good looks and athletic prowess, also seemed to thrive. (Kaitland Ely/Facebook)įrom published reports about the Ely family over the decades, it sounds as though the Texas-born actor and his wife of 35 years had created a loving home for Cameron and his two sisters in the exclusive Hope Ranch neighborhood of Santa Barbara. Ron and Valerie Ely at the wedding of their daughter Kaitland in 2016, with son Cameron on the far left and daughter Kirsten on the far right. Ron Ely's Harvard-educated son once had a promising future
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