Earl Hamner Jr., creator of 'The Waltons,' dies at 92

Earl Hamner Jr., the Virginia-born writer who created not only TV’s folksy, Depression-era family drama “The Waltons” but the California wine country prime-time soap opera “Falcon Crest,” died Thursday. He was 92.

Hamner passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after battling bladder...