Tom Bosley of "Happy Days" dead at the age of 83

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edited October 2010 in The Clubhouse
Actor Tom Bosley, who rose to fame playing sage father Howard Cunningham on the long-running comedy series "Happy Days" has died at 83.

Bosley's agent, Sheryl Abrams, said Bosley died of heart failure at 4 a.m. Tuesday. She said he was also battling lung cancer.

TV Guide ranked Bosley's "Happy Days" character No. 9 on its list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" in 2004. The show debuted in 1974 and ran for 11 seasons.

After "Happy Days" ended, Bosley went on to a recurring role in "Murder, She Wrote" as Sheriff Amos Tucker. He also was the crime-solving priest in television's "The Father Dowling Mysteries," which ran from 1989 to 1991.

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