Actor David Soul, who portrayed the blond half of TV's 'Starsky and Hutch,' has died

now remembering David Soul the actor who starred in a popular crime fighting series stari and Hutch tonight will gain takes a look at his career and his appeal that he had with his audience he's one half of the heart and soul of one of the greatest crime fighting Duos in TV history I'm not the enemy I know you're wounded and I know there's nothing anybody can do but don't lay down starky don't quit David Soul played Detective Ken Hutchinson in ABC stari and Hutch making him a cultural Mainstay from 1975 to 79 what are you frightened of frighten of not being heard of not being heard yeah I think there's a lot that I have to give including a number one billboard hit in 1977's don't give up on us don't give up on us bab the actor passing away on Thursday his family sharing in a statement David Soul beloved husband father grandfather and brother died yesterday after a valiant Battle For Life in the loving company of family born David soberg in Chicago in 1943 three his first professional ambition was baseball eventually he made his way to Los Angeles acting in Star Trek All in the Family and then in 1973 opposite Clint Eastwood had a bad break I really don't deserve it oh you won didn't you well yes sir that's all that matters magnum force would catch the eyes of the team behind starky and Hutch they wanted me to play this guy Hutch and I saw him it's nothing more than a bland white bread I didn't like him I wanted to play starski starski would be played by Paul Michael Glazer and in 2004 stari and Hutch film The lifelong friends made a cameo together who the hell are these guys I don't know but I I get a good vibe from him in a statement to ABC News Glazer saying in part David was a brother a friend a caring man we shall never see his like again stari it's beautiful David Soul was 80 years old