LOS ANGELES - Ralph Waite, who played the good-hearted but soft-spoken patriarch on the 1970s U.S. television drama "The Waltons," died on Thursday in Southern California, the actor's manager said. He ...

Waite, Ralph F. 83, of Aurora, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Countryside Care Center. He was born February 25, 1931 in Aurora, Illinois. He was a member of St. Joseph Church. Survivors ...

Waite, who lived in the Palm Springs area, died midday Thursday, said his manager, Alan Mills. Mills did not know the cause of death. He said he was taken aback because Waite had been in good health ...

Ralph Dexter Waite Jr. of Collegeville Ralph Dexter Waite, Jr. of Coatesville, PA, age 76, passed away on December 5, 2015 surrounded by his family. Ralph, the son of Ralph D. and Naomi (nee Mackway) ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ralph Waite, who played the kind-and-steady patriarch of a tight-knit rural Southern family on the TV series “The Waltons,” died Thursday, his manager said. He was 85. Waite, who ...