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Mike Wilson with Tarzan sleeps over: Gordon Scott, an actor who played Tarzan in the movies in the late '50s and early '60s, died on May 4 in Baltimore. He was 80.

The Associated Press obituary gave a terse account of his life: Grew up in Portland, Ore., became a bodybuilder, caught the eye of a Hollywood producer, got married, hollered and swung through a half-dozen Tarzan flicks, got divorced, made some gladiator pictures, quit the movies, spent 40 years in retirement, died of complications after heart surgery.

This is how the AP obituary ended:

His later years were spent in Baltimore, in a row house owned by Roger and Betty Thomas. "My husband has been a fan of his since he was a…