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Alan Thicke, ‘Growing Pains’ Dad, Dies at 69 .
Publicist: Actor Alan Thicke dies at age 69
Associated Press via Yahoo News10 minutes agoA publicist says Alan Thicke, who played the likable father on the sitcom "Growing Pains," has died at age 69. Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist for Thicke</ ...Alan Thicke Dead: ‘Growing Pains’ Actor Dies At 69 After Massive Heart Attack
HollywoodLife1 hour agoHe was 69 years old and still working as an actor. We have all the details, here. Absolutely heartbreaking. Alan Thicke h
Alan Thicke, ‘Growing Pains’ Dad, Dies at 69
Alan Thicke, the “Growing Pains” star who played one of the quintessential television fathers of the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 69.
Thicke’s manager confirmed the actor’s death.
According
to the website TMZ, Thicke suffered a heart attack while playing hockey
with his son Carter. He was then taken to Providence St. Joseph’s
Medical Center in Burbank, where he died.
Thicke
remained a consistent presence on TV in recent years with guest
appearances on NBC’s “This Is Us” and Netflix’s “Fuller House.” He also
starred on the Pop reality series “Unusually Thicke,” which focused on
his personal life.
As
an actor, he was best known for “Growing Pains,” the multi-camera
family comedy that aired on ABC from 1985 to 1992. Thicke played Jason
Seaver, a psychiatrist and patriarch of a Long Island family. Working
out of the family’s home after his wife went back to work as a reporter,
Seaver balanced his professional duties with his role caring for the
couple’s children. Thicke starred alongside Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron,
Tracey Gold, Jeremy Miller, and later a young Leonardo DiCaprio.
Thicke
came to U.S. television after having risen to prominence as a host and
frequent talk-show guest in his native Canada. Prior to “Growing Pains,”
he hosted a short-lived U.S. syndicated late-night talk show, “Thicke
of the Night,” that was one of the first efforts at challenging the
dominance of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.” He was also an accomplished
songwriter, having composed the themes to “Diff’rent Strokes” and “The
Facts of Life,” as well as several game shows.
Born
in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1947, Thicke attended the University of
Western Ontario after graduating from secondary school. He hosted a game
show, “First Impressions,” in Canada, as well as a talk show, “The Alan
Thicke Show.” He also worked with Normal Lear as producer and head
writer on “Fernwood 2 Night,” a spinoff of Lear’s “Mary Hartman, Mary
Hartman” and a parody talk show whose fictional host was played by actor
Martin Mull.
Thicke
married his first wife, “Days of Our Lives” actress Gloria Loring, in
1970. The coupled had two children, Brennan and Robin Thicke — the
latter a successful pop singer best known for the song “Blurred Lines.”
Loring and Thicke divorced in 1984. In 1994, Thicke married former Miss
World Gina Tolleson, who gave birth to Thicke’s third son, Carter. The
couple divorced in 1999.
Thicke married model Tanya Callau in 2005. He is survived by Callau and his three children.
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