'Happy Days' star Tom Bosley dead at 83

LOS ANGELES

Bosley, best known for his role in the 70's sitcom "Happy Days," died of heart failure Tuesday morning.

Happy Days was one of the top-rated TV shows in the mid 70's and ran for 11 seasons. In fact, in 2004, TV Guide ranked Bosley's Happy Days character number 9 on its list of "50 Greatest TV dads of all time."

After Happy Days, Bosley would frequently co-star with Angela Lansbury on her CBS series "Murder She Wrote."

Actor Henry Winkler, who starred in Happy Days with Bosley told a LA radio station Tuesday morning that he was in shock saying, "I just spoke to him a few weeks ago and he seemed to be getting his strength back."

Bosley was 83-years old.

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