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From Twain to Deep Throat, Hal Holbrook left an indelible mark on American entertainment Peter Marks, The Washington Post Feb. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Hal Holbrook as Shylock in a 1999 production of "The Merchant of Venice."Washington Post photo by Dudley M. Brooks Back in the olden days when people sent handwritten letters through the mail, Hal Holbrook wrote a beautiful one to me. Actually, it wasn't all that long ago - Feb. 23, 2004, to be exact. But Holbrook, who died last week at age 95, was in every sense a gentleman of the old school, in manners, in love of performance, in devoti...

William Link (far left) at his induction into the TV Academy's Hall of Fame in 1995. Link and writing partner Richard Levinson also collaborated on 'Mannix,' 'Ellery Queen' and several TV movies, winning two Emmys over the course of their partnership. William Link, the co-creator of TV series Columbo and Murder, She Wrote, has died. The two-time Emmy winner died Sunday in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. He was 87. Link and his writing and producing partner, Richard Levinson, collaborated on Columbo, Mannix, Ellery Queen, Murder, She Wrote and several other series and television m...