How old was the Lone Ranger’s horse silver when he died?
How old was the Lone Ranger’s horse silver when he died?
Silverheels died on March 5, 1980, from stroke, at age 67, in Calabasas, California.
Did Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels get along?
Q: Were Moore and Jay Silverheels (Tonto) pretty good buddies off-camera? A: Yeah, they remained very close friends up until Silverheels passed away (in 1980).
Where was Jay Silverheels buried?
His ashes were returned to Canada and scattered on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. The Six Nations Reserve is where Silverheels was born in 1912.
What is Kemosabe stand for?
Native American writer Sherman Alexie, who is of Coeur D’Alene descent, has said that kemosabe means “idiot” in Apache. “They were calling each other ‘idiot’ all those years,” he told an interviewer in 1996, a few years after the publication of his story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
Why was Tonto called Tonto?
Many scholars agree that the name Tonto derived from the Chiricahua name for Western Apaches — bini édiné — meaning “people without minds.” This may have referred to the fact that they spoke a different dialect — in other words, they talked funny.
Why was Tonto replaced?
Jay Silverheels, a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada, played The Lone Ranger’s Indian companion Tonto. John Hart replaced Moore in the title role from 1952 to 1953 owing to a contract dispute.
