OBITUARY
Peter Falk dies at 83; actor found acclaim as ‘Columbo’
In a more than 50-year acting career that spanned movies, stage and TV, Falk’s disheveled Lt. Columbo became one of TV’s most memorable characters.
By Dennis McLellan
Los Angeles Times
June 24, 2011
Peter Falk, the gravel-voiced actor who became an enduring television icon portraying Lt. Columbo, the rumpled raincoat-wearing Los Angeles police homicide detective who always had “just one more thing” to ask a suspect, died Thursday. He was 83.
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