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revchuck38
01-05-2024, 05:19 PM
Star of "Starsky & Hutch", was also in Magnum Force. The place and cause of death haven't yet been released. From the NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/arts/television/david-soul-dead.html):


David Soul, a doleful-eyed blond actor and singer who rose to fame portraying one half of a cagey crime-fighting duo on the hit 1970s television show “Starsky & Hutch,” and also scored a No. 1 hit single in 1977 with “Don’t Give Up On Us,” died on Thursday. He was 80.

His death was confirmed in a statement by his wife, Helen Snell, who did not specify a cause or say where he died. He had been living in Britain since 1995 and became a British citizen in 2004.

kwb377
01-05-2024, 09:59 PM
Been watching some Magnum Force clips this evening. And of course...


https://youtu.be/VQzo0iu_vmI?si=xxVYOSunRthDJ0G8


https://youtu.be/04dUCT-qO3c?si=TCpLtyB31XDq459J

FrankB
01-05-2024, 10:18 PM
David Soul and Starsky make cameo appearances in the most excellent movie Starsky and Hutch. I was a very big fan of Adam 12, and didn’t see very many episodes of the TV Starsky and Hutch.

Robert Mitchum
01-06-2024, 01:42 AM
David Soul, R.I.P.

Bucky
01-06-2024, 06:39 AM
OH NO!!

Starsky and Hutch was my favorite show as a kid and remained so until 2001 when The Shield came out. It still remains in my top 5 today and I own all the series on DVD. He made me want a Python. I liked all his stuff. I even tracked down a copy of World War 3 several years back.

Fun fact, he carried a 2” Smith in the pilot. The next couple episodes he had a 4” Python. Then he switched to a 6” Python. From what I read it was David Soul’s choice to go to the 6” Python, after an episode where another actor was using one.

RIP my friend I never met. :(


https://youtu.be/YY8APrYU2Gs?si=wzi2_flVoK2E96Nr

JTQ
01-06-2024, 09:24 AM
I enjoyed his work. I watched Starsky and Hutch, Magnum Force and even Here Come the Brides.

firsthands
01-07-2024, 11:52 PM
Starsky and Hutch was my favorite show as a kid and remained so until 2001 when The Shield debuted. David's Soul, Rest In Peace