This Friday, January 5, the news broke of the death of actor David Soul at the age of 80. At the moment the exact causes of death are unknown, but his wife, Helen Snell, has been in charge of confirming the loss of the interpreter through a statement, where she made it clear that Soul had died after having been fighting for his life. .
''David Soul - beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother - died yesterday after a brave battle for life in the loving company of his family,'' Snell said. In the same statement, the late actor's wife stated that the actor ''shared many extraordinary gifts with the world as an actor, singer, storyteller, creative artist and dear friend'' and that ''his smile, laughter and passion for life will be remembered for all the lives he touched,'' the official note concluded.
The actor, whose real name was David Richard Solberg, was born in 1943 in Chicago, United States, but in 2004 he obtained British nationality. His professional career began in the sixties, but his life changed forever in 1975 thanks to the role of detective Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson in the legendary Starsky and Hutch series. The ABC crime fiction starred Soul and Paul Michael Glaser, played by the legendary David Starsky. The two formed one of the most unforgettable duos on the small screen for five years.
Now, after the death of David Soul, many will wonder what happened to the emblematic Glaser, who turned 80 in 2023. The actor was born on March 25, 1943 in Massachusetts, United States. He was raised in the Jewish faith and from a very young age he knew that he wanted to be an artist. He studied English and theater at Tulane University and in the late 1960s he achieved considerable popularity thanks to the character of Dr. Peter Chernak in the series Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.
But his life changed in the 1970s thanks to the iconic detective David Starsky. In 1980 he married his first wife, Elizabeth Glaser, with whom he had two children, Ariel and Jake. Unfortunately, the couple's first-born daughter died at the age of seven after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. Therefore, the couple decided to create the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, with the aim of raising resources for research into AIDS in children.
But in 1994, tragedy once again completely shook the actor's life due to the death of his wife. Two years later, he married producer Tracy Barone and their daughter Zoe was born as a result of their marriage. During all those years, the actor continued to play different roles in both series and movies, but nothing compared to the successful series. His second marriage ended in 2007 and since 2019, the actor has lived focused on his family, fishing and painting.
