Tom Bosley, Dead at age 83

[FuuNoKami Oka]

That's right, David the Gnome and the Father on Happy Days has died.

From a local news station:

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Bosley, the patient, understanding father on television's long-running "Happy Days," has died. He was 83.

The family says Bosley died of heart failure at 4 a.m. Tuesday at a hospital near his Palm Springs home. Bosley's agent, Sheryl Abrams, says he was also battling lung cancer.

TV Guide ranked Bosley's Happy Days character No. 9 on its list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" in 2004.

The show debuted in 1974 and ran for 11 seasons.

After "Happy Days" ended, Bosley went on to a recurring role in "Murder, She Wrote" as Sheriff Amos Tucker. He also was the crime-solving priest in television's "The Father Dowling Mysteries," which ran from 1989 to 1991.

 

[Sage Shinigami]

He was also Harry on Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, an excellent but little-known primetime sitcom cartoon.

He had one of those distinctive voices that just "worked" for so many roles. He will be missed.

 

[Dark Heart]

Damn, celebs are Dropping Like Flies nowadays.

 

[scikaiju]

R.I.P.

 

[Mr. Yellow]

Ah, RIP Tom. I believe, he said once ago that he said that he thought his tombstone would read "Here lies Howard Cunningham...played by Tom Bosley."

 

[Neojin]

RIP Mr. C

 

[jai009]

Aww this is sad. Good thing the Hub is showing Happy Days episodes.

 

[ryuuseipro]

Aww this is sad. Good thing the Hub is showing Happy Days episodes.

And that's really ironic, too! Tom died just one week after Happy Days came back on TV.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Cunningham.

 

[Darkster]

He was from before the time I started to watch television. :sweat:

 

[Fox-Chan]

He was from before the time I started to watch television. :sweat:

Considering that Happy Days has had tons of reruns since it ended, even the younger generations like myself watched it at some point.

At any rate, RIP Tom Bosley.