How was Miss Kitty written out of Gunsmoke? Read on to find out more about how Amanda Blake's character was written out of the show and more about her death.

For those unfamiliar, "Gunsmoke" takes place in Dodge City, Kansas in the years following ... Doc Adams (Milburn Stone), and the friendly bar owner Miss Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake).

"product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there around twelve years ago, Marshal Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty Russell.

Milburn Stone, who played "Doc" Adams on the classic Western TV series Gunsmoke, thought it was crucial to keep violence in ...