Actor Ron Ely's Wife Stabbed to Death at Home

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Former beauty queen Valerie who swapped wedding vows with the 'Tarzan' star in 1984 passes away after being stabbed in the couple's house in Santa Barbara, California.

October 17, 2019

AceShowbiz - "Tarzan" star Ron Ely's wife has been murdered in the couple's Santa Barbara, California ranch home.

Sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic disturbance at the Hope Ranch on Tuesday night, October 15 and found an elderly woman stabbed to death upon arrival.

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Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the victim was Valerie Lundeen, Ron's 62-year-old wife. The actor, who played Tarzan on TV in the 1960s, was unharmed.

A Sheriff's Department insider tells the outlet the unidentified suspect, who was still on the premises, was shot and killed by cops as he "presented a threat."

Ely married former beauty queen Valerie, the mother of his three children, in 1984.

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