Hollywood Star Walk obituaries

William Boyd dies at 77; was Hopalong Cassidy for 25 years

On Sept. 14, 1972, The Time re­por­ted that act­or Wil­li­am Boyd, who por­trayed Ho­pa­long Cas­sidy, the sil­ver-haired par­agon of West­ern vir­tue in 92 mo­tion pic­ture and tele­vi­sion films had died. He was 77.