Free Republic

The legendary 3-time Academy Awards nominee, 5-time Tony Awards winner, 6-time Golden Globe winner, 18-time Emmy Awards nominee and an Honorary Oscar recipient Angela Lansbury talks about Murder, She Wrote.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Television actor Tom Bosley has died of heart failure at his Palm Springs, Calif., home, his agent confirmed Tuesday. He was 83. Bosley had been battling lung cancer, his agent Sheryl Abrams told TVGuide.com. The Chicago native is best known for his work on "Happy Days," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Father Dowling Mysteries," as well as in the Broadway production of "Beauty & the Beast.""We were a make-believe family for 10 years, and like a real family for over 30. He will be so, so missed," Bosley's former "Happy Days" co-star Henry Winkler told...

Tom Bosley the folksy father of Richie Cunningham on the '70s sitcom about the '50s, ABC's Happy Days, died Tuesday in his Palm Springs, Calif., home. On Oct. 1 he had turned 83. The actor died of a staph infection, according to TMZ, which first reported his death. Before finding fame on the small screene, Bosley won a Tony for starring as the beloved New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in the Puliter-Prize-winning 1959 musical Fiorello!. He also made a memorable mark in the 1964 Peter Sellers cult comedy The World of Henry Orient, as the too-understanding husband of Angela...

Tom Bosley the folksy father of Richie Cunningham on the '70s sitcom about the '50s, ABC's Happy Days, died Tuesday in his Palm Springs, Calif., home, of a staph infection. On Oct. 1 he had turned 83.