Bettye Ackerman, who played Dr. Maggie Graham on the popular "Ben Casey" medical series in the 1960s and was the widow of Sam Jaffe, has died. She was 82.
Ackerman died Nov. 1 at her home in Columbia, S.C., after having a stroke Oct. 28, said her brother, Robert Ackerman...
Ackerman played an anesthesiologist on "Ben Casey," a hit ABC series that debuted in 1961 with Vince Edwards in the title role of the idealistic young surgeon and Jaffe as his fatherly mentor, Dr. David Zorba. The series ended in 1966.
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Ackerman died Nov. 1 at her home in Columbia, S.C., after having a stroke Oct. 28, said her brother, Robert Ackerman...
Ackerman played an anesthesiologist on "Ben Casey," a hit ABC series that debuted in 1961 with Vince Edwards in the title role of the idealistic young surgeon and Jaffe as his fatherly mentor, Dr. David Zorba. The series ended in 1966.
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