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Feb 27, 2006 · McGavin, who also is remembered for portraying the curmudgeonly father in the 1983 film “A Christmas Story,” died of natural causes Saturday at a Los Angeles-area hospital, his family said.
Darren McGavin (born William Lyle Richardson; May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor. McGavin began his career working as a set painter for Columbia Pictures.
Feb 25, 2006 · He would continue to work throughout the 1990s being seen in such shows as: "Murder, She Wrote," "Grace Under Fire," and "The X-Files." His health declined in later years and suffered a terrible blow in 2003 when his wife of over thirty years, actress Kathie Browne died.
Feb 26, 2006 · He was 83. McGavin died of natural causes at a Los Angeles-area hospital with his family at his side. Born in Spokane, Washington, McGavin seldom discussed specifics of his childhood, which was reputedly fraught with difficulty due to a troubled family life.
Feb 27, 2006 · McGavin died of natural causes at a Los Angeles-area hospital with his family at his side, said his son Bogart McGavin. McGavin made his film debut in 1945 when he switched from painter of...
A remarkably seasoned actor of stage, screen and television, Darren McGavin has notched in excess of 200 performances; however, he is most fondly remembered by cult TV fans as heroic newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak in the classic but short-lived horror TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974).
Feb 27, 2006 · He was 83. The cause of his death, which was reported to The Associated Press by his son Bogart, was not announced, nor was the precise location, identified only as a Los Angeles area hospital.
