Death of Tom Bosley

October 1, 1927 - October 19, 2010
Palm Springs, California | Age 83

'Happy Days' dad dies at 83
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BOB THOMAS, The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whether he played a small-town sheriff, a murder-solving priest or the father of 1950s teens in "Happy Days," the show that made him famous, Tom Bosley was a warm and comforting presence on TV sets in America and around the world .

Bosley, best known as the often flustered but always fatherly Howard Cunningham on "Happy Days," died Tuesday in Palm Springs. He was 83.

Bosley earned a place as one of the most...

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