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Died: December 27, 2020. WILIAM Link, who has died aged 87, was the co-creator of one of the most iconic characters to ever shuffle on to a television screen. With Columbo, Link and his long-term collaborator, Richard Levinson, found that the shabby Los Angeles police lieutenant famously brought to life by actor Peter Falk had a mass appeal that made him a people’s hero. Link and Levinson based their cigar-chomping, blue-collar detective partly on Porfiry Petrovitch, the chief investigator in Dostoevsky’s novel, Crime and Punishment, and partly on G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown. ...

Richard Bracken, Editor of 'Columbo' and 'Ironside,' Dies At 90 Haley Bosselman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Bracken died Thursday of kidney failure in Chatsworth, California, according to his daughter Kathleen Bracken. More from Variety Over the course of his 30 year career, Bracken served as editor for a roster of television classics, including “Columbo,” “The Bold Ones” and “Ironside.” He spent a particularly fruitful number of years working for Oscar-nominated producer Ross Hunter, editing films “The Thrill of It All” and “Madame X,” miniseries “The Moneychange...

“My heart is heavy but grateful for all the extra blessed years together,” wrote Bruce Kirby’s son, John Kirby

Bruce Kirby, Columbo and L.A. Law Character Actor, Dies at 95 People 1/26/2021 Bruce Kirby, a character actor best known for roles in Columbo and L.A. Law, died Sunday at the age of 95.  His son, John Kirby, shared the news in a lengthy tribute on Facebook, writing that his dad "passed away peacefully" at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.  "My heart is heavy but grateful for all the extra blessed years together," John wrote. "My Step-Mom ROZ's Love & devotion was remarkable & a major force in keeping him alive so long."   Bruce played Sergeant George Kramer in the mystery series C...

Tenafly for the 1974-5 season of the Wednesday night edition of the mystery wheel series. In the prime of Columbo, they adapted a new version of Ellery Queen, and in the years following they co-created with Peter S. Fischer both the popular series Murder, She Wrote and the short-lived Blacke's Magic. (After the death of Mr. Levinson, Mr. Link teamed up with David Black to create The Cosby Mysteries.) After the first season of Columbo, Levinson and Link left the daily grind of the series. Though they continued to be involved through conversation with the new producers and with Falk — s...