Remembering the Medical Center’s handsome surgeon, Chad Everett

When 1970s heartthrob Chad Everett and Shelby Grant took their oath of for better for worseto love and to cherish till death do us part they really meant it.
In an enviable love story Everett and Grant were fully committed to one another in their 45 years of marriage and only parted when Grant unexpectedly died aneurysm in 2011.

American actor Chad Everett 1937 2012 circa 1965. Photo by Silver Screen CollectionGetty Images
Everett born Raymon Lee Cramton was a ruggedly handsome man who started his career as a journeyman with Warner Bros.
After he appeared in some commercials an agentHenry Willson who worked with Rock Hudsonrenamed him Chad Everett. Everett said the change was welcome because his real name was confusing Raymon no d Cramton no p. 
The gorgeous blueeyed Everett first appeared in an episode of the 1960s detective TV series Surfside 6 and is credited with other TV roles in The Love Boat Murder She Wrote Melrose Place Cold Case Supernatural and most recently Castle. He also appeared in the movies The Singing Nun Return of the Gunfighter Airplane II The Sequel Mulholland Drive and Psycho

Chad Everett and AnnMargret in a scene from the MGM comedy Made In Paris. Photo by Michael Ochs ArchivesGetty Images
But it was his role as the surgeon in perfectly fitted scrubs that turned him into a Hollywood hunk.
Everett got his lucky break when he was cast in the leading role of Dr. Joe Gannon in the medical drama Medical Center which ran from 1969 to 1976.
Also known as Calling Dr. Gannon the awardwinning drama was the top medical show on TV until it was dethroned by George Clooney and E R.
His chiseled cheekbones and bedside manner made fans swoon but the charming Everett only had eyes for one woman who kept his full attention until July 2012 the day he died

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He first saw actor Shelby Grant at the race car event Riverside 500 where he was on the prowl.
It was a love at first sight moment for the two who didnt have a conversation until a couple days later when they saw each other again at the beach.
During their courtship Grant said he sent her so many flowers that my balcony looked like a burial ground.
Everett and Grant who gave up acting to raise the family were married in 1966 and had two children Shannon and Katherine Kate.
Weve been soulmates for many lifetimes Chad said on the day he