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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Peter Falk, star of the 1970s hit TV drama "Columbo," whose role as the rumpled detective of the same name earned him four Emmys, has died after years of battling Alzheimer's ...

LOS ANGELES, California--(AP)-- Peter Falk, the stage and movie actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled detective in "Columbo" has died. He was 83. A statement released Friday by family ...

Sure, he was famous as Lieutenant Columbo (no first name), the grizzled police detective who taught 35 years’ worth of snooty killers that however crafty they thought they were, he was smarter. Every ...

Lieutenant Columbo, played with average Joe charm and unshowy, easy-to-miss dexterity by Peter Falk, is more than meets the eye — to the bad guys, not us, because we know how things will turn out.

KNX-AM Los Angeles, quoting family members, reports that actor Peter Falk died Thursday (6/23) evening. He was 83. Falk was best known as the title character of “Columbo,” which aired on NBC and then ...

Actor Peter Falk died last night at his home in Beverly Hills, a family spokesman tells CBS News radio. The cause of death wasn't disclosed, but the 83-year-old actor's daughter said in 2008 that he ...