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Covered serious topics like cocaine use. >> thanks dad. >> the show launched other stars like leonardo dicaprio. >> you dont trust other stadoc anymore thmore than i do? >> what was it that kept that show so popular? >> i think it was me, erin. it was all me. >> reporter: saving him from his most painful experience. a failed talk show that went up against the buzz saw of johnny carson. thicke also composed theme songs to the "facts of life," and "different strokes" and "wheel of fortune." in his...

Hes canadian born. hed also a songwriter. he created the theme song for many popular sitcoms. listen. ♪ ♪ you take the good you take the bad ♪ ♪ you take em both and there you have ♪ ♪ the facts of life the facts of life ♪ >> i have children of the 80s sitting with me. were all singing along. in addition to "the facts of life" thicke also wrote the opening theme for "different strokes" and "wheel of fortune." he is survived by his wife and three sons including the singer robin thic...

There are about 44,000 illegals in the city of san francisco alone. chicago also set up a similar fund under its mayor, rahm emanuel. heartbreak and shock rocking hollywood this morning. the actor alan thicke, so many of us grew up with him, best known as the iconic dad on the 80s sitcom "growing pains" has now died. thicke reportedly had a heart attack while he was playing hockey with his 19-year-old son. in addition to acting, thicke is also remembered as an accomplished song writer and comp...

Roofs target practice before he killed nine people inside a church. today, one of those survivors is set to face him down in court. and americas dad, alan thicke who starred in the 80s classic "growing pains" died. >> watch it. your mother went through a lot of trouble defrosting that chicken. >> not just "growing pains." did you knowe wrote theme songs just like this ♪ you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life, the facts of life ♪ >> i me...

Oh, this is sad, conrad sti real life and amazing father." he appeared on 179 episodes of "different strokes" which ran from 1978 to 1986. do you feel old now? >> i always feel old. that just reinforces the antiquated feeling. that was a classicing about, willis? >> and i loved that -- i felt like back in the day when we were growing up, they had shows that tackled social issues. >> he was so good in that, wasnt he? >> yeah. >> i loved that show. kelly ripa, i dont think she ever has a bad day...

When i was a kid aside from the desire to one day meet donny wallberg, i was predominantly motivated by one emotion, fear. whether it was thanks to my overprotective parents, the domineering catholic school nuns, or every special "different strokes" episode, i was afraid of everything. if i got bad grades, id end up homeless. if i crossed the street i would end up mutilated in an alley. if i stayed out too late id fall in a well. in any scenario in which i did the wrong thing, the result in my h...

Couples and lesbian couples can aspire to. so the circle that youre talking about. were no longer talking about my friend, a gay man in san francisco, hates marriage equality. hes part of this older, radical critique, i dont want your boring straight life. >> one of the things thats happened internally to gay rights movement, that part of the movement has been diminished, theres been total primacy put on pront and center. >> and on joining the military. >> which are ways of assimilating gayness ...

top the hour. im michael holmes in for suzanne malveaux. lets get you up to speed on whats happening in your world. george zimmerman, the man who killed trayvon martin, will be freed from jail. a judge granting him $150,000 bond. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. and i did not know if he was armed or not. >> zimmerman is going to have to wear a monitoring device, also check in with a...

supermarket. lots of injuries, but amazingly, no one killed. >> im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> lets begin with breaking news just coming into the situation room right now out of afghanistan. word of a military crash. lets go straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i know there are casualties. what are you hearing? >> wolf, a u.s. official tells us a u.s. army black hawk helicopter h...

his tax rate, mitt romney reveals his tax rate. fair or unfair? and fact or not? are the congress members back in session refresh and ready to change the world -- or not? lets go "outfront." well, good ooevening, everyone. im erin burnett and "outfront" tonight, and welcome back, congress. we missed you. we really did. after -- well, that may have been a bizarre and appropriate slip of the tongue. but members are back in the house today to make up for frankly an abysmal 2011. the t...