Singer & Actor Ed Ames, Star of TV Series ‘Daniel Boone,’ Dies at 95

Ed Ames, the veteran singer and actor who played Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone, has died. He was 95.

According to Deadline, Ames passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 21. No cause of death was given.

Born on July 9, 1927, in Malden, Massachusetts, Ames began his career singing with his brothers in the Ames Brothers quartet, who had success throughout the 1950s with hit songs such as “Rag Mop,” “It Only Hurts For a Little While,” “You, You, You,” and “The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane.”