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Happy Days Actor Tom Bosley Dies At 83
3:12am Wednesday October 20, 2010
Jo Couzens
Actor Tom Bosley, famous for his role as Mr Cunningham in the 1970s TV series Happy Days, has died at the age of 83.
Tom Bosley, seen with wife Patricia Carr in 1981
According to showbiz website tmz.com, a spokesman for the family said he died in hospital in California after a brief battle with lung cancer. Bosley forged a career in Hollywood as a character actor and guest star in a number of popular 60s television shows such as Route 66, Dr Kildare, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Bonanza. But it was on the long-running series Happy Days that he enjoyed his biggest success, playing the father of the show's central character, Richie Cunningham, a teenager growing up in the 50s.
Bosley with Patricia in April this year
The show ran from 1974 to 1984 and was a smash hit series that also made Henry Winkler, who played Fonzie, a major Hollywood star. It also led to the adult success of Ron Howard, who played Richie and would later go on to a career as a film director. After Happy Days, Bosley went on to star as a crime-solving priest in The Father Dowling Mysteries. He continued working well into the 2000s with parts in popular series such as That 70s Show, The Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote.
