Michael Landon’s daughter revealed the truth

Landon was the father many viewers of Little House on the Prairie wished they had had, and they adored the life lessons he shared with them. Landon was a brilliant TV actor, writer, director, and producer. But his success and his gentle smile hid a past filled with suffering.
His eldest daughter, Cheryl Landon Wilson, wrote a book entitled I Promised My Dad: An Intimate Portrait of Michael Landon by His Eldest Daughter, and in it, she tells her father’s story.Wilson is the daughter of Marjorie Lynn Noe, who was Landon’s second wife. She has eight step-brothers and sisters.
Wilson paid tribute to her beloved father in her book by honoring and protecting his memory and legacy. She revealed in the book that Landon was a son of a mentally distraught woman who attempted suicide repeatedly throughout his childhood. Continue reading…

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