So sad. He will always be Sheriff Amos Tupper from Murder She Wrote. He will be missed.
Tom Bosley, Mr. Cunningham of "Happy Days," died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif., of lung cancer. He was 83.
In a varied career from stage, TV and films to pitchman for Glad trashbags, the role of Howard Cunningham was a career highpoints, garnering two Emmy noms for the thesp.
Ironically, Bosley almost rejected the role that would define his career.
"After rereading the pilot script, I changed my mind because of a scene between Howard Cunningham and Richie," he told the Associated Press in 1986. "The father-son situation was written so movingly, I fell in love with the project."
As the beloved father of Richie Cunningham on the ABC sitcom that ran from 1974-84, Bosley wasn't always wise but was endearing. A TV Guide survey in 2004 ranked his Howard Cunningham No. 9 on its list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time."
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