Famed ‘Tarzan’ actor dies at 86

Actor Ron Ely, best known for playing Tarzan on the popular eponymous 1960s television show, has died. He was 86.

Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, confirmed his death in an Instagram post, writing, “The world has lost one of the greatest men it has ever known – and I have lost my dad.”

“My father was someone that people called a hero. He was an actor, writer, coach, mentor, family man and leader,” she wrote. “He created a powerful wave of positive influence wherever he went. The impact he had on others is something that I have never witnessed in any other person – there was something truly magical about him. This is how the world knew him.”