Actor David Soule is perhaps best known for playing Detective Kenneth “Hutch” Hutchinson on the television series. starsky and hutchpassed away on Thursday at the age of 80.
According to his family, Saul passed away at a London hospital surrounded by his family after a long illness. talked To TMZ.
The actor reportedly suffered from several health problems during his life, most notably chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which caused him to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day for half a century.
Saul's wife, Helen Snell, told TMZ: “My beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother passed away yesterday after a brave fight for his life, along with his beloved family.”
“He shared many extraordinary talents with the world as an actor, singer, storyteller, creative artist and dear friend,” she added. “His smile, laughter and zest for life will be remembered by the many people whose lives he touched.”
Soule became an icon of the 1970s, playing the blond-haired, blue-eyed detective Hutch, opposite actor Paul Michael Glazer, who played Starsky. starsky and hutch.
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Saul appeared in all 92 episodes of the show's four seasons, which ran from 1975 to 1979.
The actor then appeared in the 1979 television miniseries salem lotas well as the 1980 television movie Going back to Japan. Saul was also a singer and songwriter and produced his hit single “Don't Give Up On Us” in 1976.
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Saul moved to England in the 1990s and began acting in stage performances in London's West End and on British television shows. Then in 2004 she obtained British nationality.
Seoul is survived by his wife and six children from a previous relationship.
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