by Hollye Dexter | Jul 27, 2018 | #tinystories, Dan Haggerty, dysfunctional family, family relationships, Grizzly Adams
The sound of motorcycles revving in the driveway meant that Uncle Dan was home, and with him came the entourage. One by one they pulled in, taking their place in Dan’s court. He’d sit in his King Louie throne in the living room, and maybe his pet owl...
by Hollye Dexter | Jan 20, 2016 | Dan Haggerty, family, grieving, Grizzly Adams
On Monday night, when I spoke at my Uncle Dan Haggerty’s memorial, I told a version of this story, which captures what he meant to me, to all of us. Thanksgiving 1970. That’s me and my cousin Tracey up front, Uncle Dan and our moms and Grandma...
by Hollye Dexter | Jan 15, 2016 | Dan Haggerty, family, grieving, Grizzly Adams
It is with a heavy heart that I tell you my uncle Dan Haggerty has died this morning. Cancer.Fucking cancer. You might remember him as Grizzly Adams, the character he portrayed back in the late ’70s, but to me he was the only stable father figure I ever had...