Yellowstone star Cole Hauser spoke about his relationship with late father Wings Hauser in a past interview. “I didn’t really grow up with him but when I moved out to L.A. he let me live with him for a year and we got to know each other a little then,” Cole, 49, shared in an October 2021 interview with Cowboys & Indians magazine.

Wings Hauser died of natural causes at age 78, our sister site Variety reports. The actor, who is the father of Yellowstone's Cole Hauser, made a lasting impression on fans of The Young and the Restless in the late 1970s when he succeeded future Knots Landing star James Houghton,

The elder Hauser's credits also included "Vice Squad" and "Tough Guys Don't Dance." Wings Hauser, a star of The Young and the Restless and the father of Yellowstone's Cole Hauser, has died at 77. Daughter Bright Hauser told The Hollywood Reporter that the death occurred at his home in Santa Monica,