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TMZ reports actor Tom Bosley is dead at 83
TMZ is reporting that actor Tom Bosley has died in Palm Springs. The actor celebrated his 83rd birthday on October 1.
Bosley is best remembered for portraying Howard Cunningham, Richie’s dad, on the hit ABC series “Happy Days.” On that show, the put-upon patriarch put up with The Fonz, and also put him up — in the family’s garage apartment.
The website’s story includes comments from Henry Winkler, who played Fonzie, as well as Scott Baio, who portrayed Chachi (who, as you might recall, loved Joanie).
“Tom Bosley was our mentor,” Winkler told TMZ. “He was a true artist … a great husband, and a fabulous father and grandfather. He will be sorely missed, but never forgotten.”
“He was a good man who taught me a lot about the business and business itself. He was a professional guy … I’m sad,” Baio said.
The actor, who won a Tony Award for his work on Broadway, had film roles in “The World of Henry Orient” and “Divorce American Style.” He went on to appear in television’s “Murder, She Wrote” and starred in “The Father Dowling Mysteries.”
TMZ reports that Bosley had been suffering from a staph infection.
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