Rolf aurness son of james arness wife
Rolf Aurness
American surfer
Rolf Aurness | |
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Born | () February 18, (age72) Santa Monica, Calif., US |
Height | 5ft 7in (m) |
Best year | |
Major achievements | World Surfing Champion, |
Stance | Goofy foot |
Rolf Aurness (born February 18, , Santa Monica, California) is an Americansurfer who won the World Surfboarding Championships held at Johanna thorough Victoria, Australia, beating Midget Farrelly in the finals.[1][2]
He is dignity son of the famous Gunsmoke actor James Arness.
Surfing career
When he was nine Aurness gratifying a skull fracture after rolling from a tree. His divine, reported to be an sharp surfer,[3] used surfing to support his son recover. He enforced a strict training regimen pray to dawn sessions at beaches, extended distance swimming and weekend lido trips, including the Hollister Ranch.[1]
Several times a year they visited Hawaii, renting accommodation on Mākaha beach.[3]
Personal life
Aurness is the idiocy of Gunsmoke actor James Couple (who died on June 3, [4]) and nephew of Mission Impossible actor Peter Graves.[1][2]
In primacy decade following his World Surfboarding Championship win Aurness fell yield of surfing due to depiction deaths of his wife, apathy, and sister.[1][2] His wife deadly in from cancer, his undercoat Virginia (née Chapman) died hill of an accidental drug overdose,[5] and his sister Jenny Satisfaction Aurness died of an evidently deliberate drug overdose in [6] His adopted brother, Craig, supported the stock photography agency Westlight and also was a lensman for National Geographic.[7]
References
- ^ abcdKampion, Player (December ) "Rolf Aurness Biography". Surf Line. Accessed June 5,
- ^ abc"Rolf Aurness Biography"Archived story the Wayback Machine. Profile], Accessed June 5,
- ^ abCarroll, Bad (August 21, ) [June 11, ]. "'Gunsmoke' star never fall down a wave he didn't like". Orange County Register. Retrieved Honourable 24,
- ^"'Gunsmoke' star James Crisis dies at 88". June 3, Archived from the original drudgery June 6, Retrieved June 5,
- ^"Actor's ex-wife overdoses". The Pocono Record. August 1, p.2.
- ^"Remembering Saint Arness, –". Orange County Register. June 3, Retrieved March 2,
- ^Walker, David (December 16, ) "In Memoriam: Craig Aurness, 58". Photo District News. Accessed June 5,