KLAW 101 - Oklahoma's Best Country » deaths http://klaw.com Oklahoma's Best Country Fri, 24 May 2013 08:08:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Peter Falk, Star of 'Columbo,' Dead at 83 http://klaw.com/peter-falk-star-of-columbo-dead-at-83/ http://klaw.com/peter-falk-star-of-columbo-dead-at-83/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:18:13 +0000 Andy Scott http://tsminteractive.com/?p=19726 Actor Peter Falk, who for decades played the titular character on the detective telepic series ‘Columbo,’ died Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, CA. He was 83.

Falk had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s, which was first made public in December 2008, according to the AP. The actor “died peacefully,” his family said in a statement.

]]> http://klaw.com/peter-falk-star-of-columbo-dead-at-83/feed/ 0 Kevin Winter, Getty Images James Arness, Star of 'Gunsmoke,' Dead at 88 http://klaw.com/james-arness-star-of-gunsmoke-dead-at-88/ http://klaw.com/james-arness-star-of-gunsmoke-dead-at-88/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:16:02 +0000 KLAW Morning Crew http://klaw.com/?p=5033 Actor James Arness, who played the legendary Marshal Matt Dillon on the popular Western series 'Gunsmoke,' died Friday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, a family spokesperson has confirmed. He was 88.

The larger-than-life actor, who stood at a towering 6'7," played the indelible Marshal for 20 seasons and over 600 episodes, helping to make 'Gunsmoke' one of the longest-running primetime series in TV history.

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