The ODD COUPLE and QUINCY, M.E. star <strong>JACK KLUGMAN</strong> has departed this mortal veil at 90.
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The ODD COUPLE and QUINCY, M.E. star JACK KLUGMAN has departed this mortal veil at 90.
After a battle with throat cancer Klugman, who lost his voice to throat cancer in the 1980s and taught himself how to speak all over again, died with his wife at his side.
"He had a great life and he enjoyed every moment of it and he would encourage others to do the same," his son Adam Klugman told AP.
Klugman, born in Philadelphia to Russian Jewish immigrants, began his acting career during his college years at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. After serving a hitch in the Army during WW II, he honed his craft in summer stock and off-B’way acting gigs with fellow thesp and BFF Charles Bronson.