NATIONWIDE -- The actor, known for bringing Grizzly Adams to the small screen, has died.
Dan Haggerty lost his long battle with cancer on Friday.
He was best known for his role on the NBC show "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams."
The show ran from 1977 to 1978.
Haggerty played a mountain man who rescues and cares for a grizzly bear named Ben.
His rep says he went to the doctor for back pain in July and was diagnosed with cancer in his spine in August.
Dan Haggerty was 74 years old.