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00:00 Melissa Gilbert's career took off with Little House on the Prairie in 1974.
00:05 At the age of only 10, she was discovered by Michael Landon and undertook the role of
00:10 Laura Ingalls.
00:12 She saw Michael as a father figure, as her adoptive father died only a year later.
00:17 The series ran for nine seasons from 1974 to 1983.
00:22 Sadly, Michael Landon passed away far too early at just 54 years old as a result of
00:27 pancreatic cancer.
00:29 The actor would have had his birthday on October 31st.
00:33 On this special day, Melissa Gilbert honors the Little House on the Prairie star on Instagram.
00:38 She shares some emotional words about a photo of the two of them.
00:42 She wrote, "Happy birthday, my mentor, my teacher, my friend, my father.
00:48 I love you so much."
00:50 So after all these years, Melissa Gilbert is still thinking about Michael Landon, the
00:55 man who clearly had such an impact on her at a young age.