Chief Nino Cochise

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Chief Nino Cochise

Birth
Arizona, USA
Death
23 Dec 1984 (aged 110)
Arizona, USA
Burial
Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Grandson of Cochise, Son of Tahza, Nephew of Geronimo. Leader of the Apache Indians for 87 years. At age 92, missing 1 leg and having to have help into the saddle, he won a role to play his fabled Grandfather in a 1967 episode of the television series, "High Chaparral." Nino died at 110 years of age in Arizona.
Grandson of Cochise, Son of Tahza, Nephew of Geronimo. Leader of the Apache Indians for 87 years. At age 92, missing 1 leg and having to have help into the saddle, he won a role to play his fabled Grandfather in a 1967 episode of the television series, "High Chaparral." Nino died at 110 years of age in Arizona.

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  • Maintained by: AJ
  • Originally Created by: MB
  • Added: Jun 22, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7605563/nino-cochise: accessed ), memorial page for Chief Nino Cochise (6 Feb 1874–23 Dec 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7605563, citing Tombstone Cemetery, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by AJ (contributor 1003).