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To: stockman_scott who wrote (38057)	6/21/2001 11:18:21 PM
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TV's Archie Bunker Dies Carroll O'Connor, forever TV's curmudgeonly Archie Bunker, has died. He was 76. The iconic All in the Family star died of a heart attack at approximately 3 p.m. Thursday in Culver City, California. He had been complaining of chest pains and was rushed from his Los Angeles-area home to nearby to Brotman Memorial Hospital, his wife Nancy at his side, publicist Frank Tobin tells E! News Daily. Doctors tried to revive the stricken O'Connor, but had no luck. Best known for his Emmy-winning work as the bigoted, blue-collar Bunker patriarch on Norman Lear's landmark CBS '70s sitcom All in the Family, O'Connor also starred its spinoff, Archie Bunker's Place. He also won an Emmy as the gruff sheriff on CBS' In the Heat of the Night, which he also produced. O'Connor even cowrote All in the Family's title song, "Remembering You" (aka "Those Were the Days"), which he famously crooned with his TV wife, Jean Stapleton. Before making it big on TV, the New York-born O'Connor got his start in supporting roles in the movies, often being typecast as the tough commander in such war films as Kelly's Heroes, In Harm's Way and The Devil's Brigade. He also made the rounds in such '60s shows as Ben Casey, I Spy, Gunsmoke, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild, Wild West, The Outer Limits and The Fugtive, before Lear tapped him for TV immortality. Despite the occasional appearance on Mad About You and Party of Five, O'Connor remained something of a recluse in recent years, following the 1995 suicide death of his drug-addicted son, Hugh, the subsequent legal battle with Hugh's drug dealer, and health problems. A diabetic, O'Connor was admitted to the hospital in November, where he had a toe on his left foot amputed to improve circulation. He appeared in good spirits afterward, even showing off his bandaged foot for TV cameras. A year earlier, he went under the knife so doctors could fix adhesions from a previous gall bladder operation. In June 1998, doctors cleared a blockage in a heart artery to reduce his risk of stroke. Despite his myriad ailments, O'Connor came out of semi-retirement to costar in last year's Return to Me with David Duchovny and Minnie Driver, and was judged by most critics to be the best part of the maudlin romantic comedy. He is survived by his wife, the former Nancy Fields. entertainment.msn.com Ö¿Ö