LOS ANGELES — Earl Hamner Jr., the versatile and prolific writer who drew upon his Depression-era upbringing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to create one of television’s most beloved family shows, The Waltons, has died. He was 92.

The real life John-Boy, Earl Hamner Jr., who created ‘The Waltons,’ dies at age 92 | Tampa Bay Times

Good night, John-Boy.