Friday, June 24, 2011

COLUMBO LEGEND PETER FALK DEAD AT 83

Peter Falk With Dick Van Dyke In 2008



Peter Falk who won four Emmy Awards as the disheveled homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo, a character he played on television for more than 30 years, died Thursday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., according to a family statement. He was 83 and had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

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