{"id":499983,"date":"2026-03-02T22:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/499983\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:02:11","slug":"bo-gritz-former-green-beret-who-inspired-rambo-dead-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/499983\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Gritz, Former Green Beret Who Inspired &#8216;Rambo,&#8217; Dead at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Green Beret Who Inspired &#8216;Rambo&#8217;<br \/>\n                          Dead at 87<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              March 2, 2026<br \/>\n                            8:50 AM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260302_e1e2296aafb84d05b1ef1ca1fdb58ef3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c8825e5b-32a1-4d66-b9c9-13bf7809ee27\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e1e2296aafb84d05b1ef1ca1fdb58ef3_md.jpg\" alt=\"James-Bo-Gritz-main-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bo Gritz, a Vietnam War hero who inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sylvester-stallone\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone<\/a>&#8216;s character John Rambo in &#8220;First Blood,&#8221; is dead.<\/p>\n<p>Bo died Friday at his home in Sandy Valley, Nevada &#8230; according to his wife. His official cause of death is unclear, but Bo&#8217;s wife documented his health issues online, saying he had been battling cancer.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260302_df65005a19194dbdac506b59f9ec0de3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c8825e5b-32a1-4d66-b9c9-13bf7809ee27\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/df65005a19194dbdac506b59f9ec0de3_md.jpg\" alt=\"James-Bo-Gritz-sub-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A highly decorated war veteran who earned the rank of lieutenant colonel, Bo ran for president in 1992 &#8230; and he was famously involved in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff, when he reportedly managed to convince anti-government extremist Randy Weaver into surrendering to federal agents in Idaho following an 11-day siege that killed Weaver&#8217;s wife and child.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bo also hosted a radio show, &#8220;Freedom Call,&#8221; on the American Voice Radio Network.<\/p>\n<p>He was born in 1939 in Enid, Oklahoma &#8230; and he was a Green Beret and an Army Special Forces officer.<\/p>\n<p>Bo&#8217;s wife Judy posted &#8230; &#8220;BO JUST PEACEFULLY PASSED. HIS COMRADES WELCOMING HIM, &#8216;WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG, COLONEL?&#8217; He&#8217;s looking into the eyes of our Savior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He was 87.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Green Beret Who Inspired &#8216;Rambo&#8217; Dead at 87 Published March 2, 2026 8:50 AM PST Bo Gritz, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-499983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}