Death of Jeff Conaway

November 5, 1950 - May 27, 2011
Los Angeles, California | Age 60

'Taxi,' 'Grease' star dies at 60
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LYNN ELBER, The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Conaway, who starred in the sitcom "Taxi," played swaggering Kenickie in the movie musical "Grease" and publicly battled drug and alcohol addiction on "Celebrity Rehab," died Friday. He was 60.

The actor was taken off life support Thursday and died Friday morning at Encino Tarzana Medical Center, according to one of his managers, Kathryn Boole.

"It's sad that people remember his struggle with drugs. ... He has...

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