Robert Ayres, whose ?Map to Illustrate the Ponderosa in Nevada? provided the opening for TV show ?Bonanza? has died at the age of 98. NBC?s Brian Williams reports.
>>> years old and who remembers this bit of television iconography?
>> the opening sequence of "bonanza" that aired here on nbc for nearly 14 years and every night it opened the same way with the burning map. well, the man who drew that map was robert temple ayers . its official name was map to illustrate the ponderosa in nevada and he create it in 1959 . robert ayers has died and three days before the end of his life he visited his master work which hangs in the autrey museum of the west. ayers was a former panam navigator who contributed art work for a slew of film to " ben hur ," but his best work went up in flames every week for 14 years. robert temple ayers was 98 years old.
Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46687441/
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