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David Soul was best known for his role on "Starsky & Hutch," but he also had a long music and theater career.

David Soul, an actor who rocketed to fame in the 1970s with “Starsky and Hutch” and went on to become a successful pop singer, has died.

David Soul was best known for his role on "Starsky & Hutch," but he also had a long music and theater career.

David Soul played Detective Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson in the 1970s TV show "Starsky and Hutch."

David Soul, best known for his smash hit role on Starsky and Hutch, has died at the age of 80 .

David Soul - singer, actor, musician, pictured in Los Angeles, with his guitar, on the set of Starsky and Hutch at 20th Century Fox Studios. In these pictures, David has just finished recording his first album, called 'David Soul'. David Soul is well known for playing Detective Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutch

Paul Michael Glaser played Detective Dave Starsky alongside Souls Detective Ken Hutch Hutchinson in the chart-topping 1970s TV series Starsky & Hutch.

In a statement following the death of the British-American actor and singer, his wife Helen Snell said: David Soul died yesterday after a valiant battle for life .

His heartbroken wife Helen Snell said he had a valiant battle for life. David Soul - beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother - died yesterday.

Actor David Soul, best known for his role in the television series “Starsky & Hutch,” has died at the age of 80.