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Bernie Hamilton, 'Starsky and Hutch' captain, dies

January 2, 2009 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Actor Bernie Hamilton, who played the no-nonsense police captain on the 1970s TV series "Starsky and Hutch," has died. He was 80.

Hamilton died of cardiac arrest Tuesday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his son, Raoul Hamilton.

Born in Los Angeles in 1928, Hamilton ran away from home as a teenager and wound up staying in someone's garage and attending Oakland Technical High...

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