From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Plenty of obituaries ae available on line.   
      
   I wanted to note that in an old career interview, Robert Duvall named   
   his best role as Gus McCrae, in Lonesome Dove (1989), the epic miniseries   
   for CBS adapted from the 1985 Larry McMurty novel. Duvall had called the   
   character one of the greatest in literature and that it was a privilege   
   to play him. Duvall was initially offered Woodrow Call but said he'd   
   played that type of character too many times, asking to play Gus.   
      
   It was the season's highest-rated miniseries and higher rater than any   
   made-for-tv movie that season. Who says viewers aren't hungry for   
   quality television?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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