The famous actor Michael Landon was 54 when he passed away. Landon had raised to fame through the famous shows, “Bonanza,” “Little House on the Prairie,” and “Highway to Heaven.”
As he had an illustrious career, Landon had always put his family first on the line. In his short life, Landon had fathered nine children, and he even saw some of his grandchildren’s birth.
He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and had fought with the disease for a long time. Landon underwent chemotherapy, and had used natural remedies too. He turned vegetarian later.
Sadly, he passed away in 1991, and one of his sons was sixteen at that time.
Christopher Landon was his sixteen-year-old son, and he learned of his father’s passing while he was preparing himself for an English exam.
“I could feel every nerve in my body like it was all made up.” Christopher said when he received the news.
“Before, when I used to think about death, I’d say, ‘I don’t want to die at all!’ But now I’d say the worst that’s going to happen is that I’ll see Dad again.” Christopher said about how his look towards death changed.
As he promised to his father that he will live fully, he revealed when he was 24 that he was gay. With his siblings, they had a exhilarating life, as they had a Hollywood star father.
While Christopher was living in Beverly Hills, and during his time in high school, he had struggled a lot with his sexual identity.
“For a while, I thought an article about me would come out with the headline ‘Little House on the Fairy’ or ‘Highway to Hell.'” Christopher said.
Until he fell in love with a boy, Christopher didn’t realized that he was gay. But he was afraid of his friends at school, and his father’s fans, so he remained silent.
“[A]s soon as I realized I was in love — about two months after I met this guy — I just came out. I went straight to my mom, and I was like, ‘Listen, this is what’s going on, and I don’t even know how I even feel about it, but I don’t want to live a double life.'”
Christopher’s mother had cried and blamed herself when she heard that her son was gay, but she ended up with acceptance. Christopher was surprised when his other relatives didn’t cared much about his sexuality.
Christopher admitted that his father knew about his sexuality before he passed away. When he talked with Cindy about his sexuality, and asked that if his father was aware, Cindy stated that Michael was aware of Christopher’s sexuality.
“Apparently, he just told her out of the blue, ‘I think he’s gay, but I’m sure he’ll come to that conclusion on his own.'”
Christopher was in peace because he learned that his father knew that he was homosexual, but he wasn’t sad about it.
Now, Christopher has two sons, Beau Landon-Morris and August Kelly Landon-Morris. He also stated the he was married with the best man he could find, and that he was happy with their own family.
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