jaypay111 — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 07:12 PM)

Mike Connors, Mannix Star, Dies at 91
Mike Connors, best known for playing detective Joe Mannix on 1960s and 70s show Mannix, died Thursday in Tarzana, Calif. He was 91.
He had been diagnosed a week ago with leukemia, according to his son-in-law Mike Condon.
Mannix ran for eight seasons from 1968 to 1975 and was the last series from Desilu Productions. Connors won a Golden Globe for his performance as a tough, athletic investigator, who in quintessential detective show style, insisted on doing things his own way.
The handsome square-jawed actor also appeared in early 60s TV series Tightrope! and Todays F.B.I. in the early 80s. He later played Colonel Hack Peters in Herman Wouk miniseries War and Remembrance.
In the 1950s, Connors appeared in the John Wayne film Island in the Sky and in Cecil B. DeMilles The Ten Commandments.
Born Kreker J. Ohanian in Fresno, Calif., Connors was of Armenian descent. He played basketball at UCLA where he was nicknamed Touch, and was credited in his first few films as Touch Connors.
Connors is survived by his wife Mary Lou, daughter Dena and granddaughter Cooper.
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/mike-connors-dead-dies-joe-mannix-1201971140/