Tom Lester is believed to have been the last surviving cast member of Green Acres
Lester was born in Jackson Mississippi in 1938, according to his IMDb bio, and spent his childhood on his grandfather’s farm on which he shucked corn, fished, picked cotton and hunted.
Before taking his talents to Hollywood, Lester graduated from the University of Mississippi, earning a degree in biology and chemistry.The Hollywood Reporter , “You’re crazy. You’ll never be able to do that. You’re too tall, too skinny, too ugly. You’ve got a Southern accent, and you’ll never make it in the motion picture business.”Aside from his career in Hollywood, Lester remained an active member of his Mississippi farming community.
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