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Robert Urich ('' ( 1985 - 1988 ) and '' Vega$ '' { 1978 - 1981 ). He also starred in numerous other television series over the years. EARLY YEARS He was of Rusyn extraction and raised Roman Catholic in the small town of Toronto, Ohio . Due to the similarity in names with Toronto, Ontario , many sources list him incorrectly as being a Canadian , but his second wife, Heather, is actually a Canadian from the latter city. Urich went to Florida State University on a football scholarship. In 1968 he earned a bachelor's degree in Radio and Television Communications. He went on to Michigan State University after working in Ohio to earn a master's in Broadcast Research and Management. Urich was first married to actress '' with Julie Andrews . Urich and Menzies adopted three children. Like her husband, Menzies battled cancer; however she is a cancer survivor. ACTING CAREER Between ''. In the 1990s, Urich reprised the role of Spenser in several made-for-TV films. In 1996 Urich announced that he had been diagnosed with a rare form of Cancer that attacks joints called Synovial Cell Sarcoma . He ultimately died from this disease at the age of 55, although he continued to appear in film and TV during treatment. His final TV series was in the short-lived Sitcom '' Emeril '' (starring Emeril Lagasse ) in 2001. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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