TV Actor Alan Thicke Died During The Ice Hockey Game

Random News - The actor Alan Thicke, who became known through the TV series "Our Loud Home", is dead. His spokesman confirmed the death of the native Canadian on Tuesday's "Variety" and "Hollywood Reporter". He was 69 years old.

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The German public is aware of Thicke from the series "Unser lautes Heim", which was broadcast in the years 1985 to 1992. Alan Thicke played the family's father, Dr. Jason Seaver, who raised four children with his wife Maggie (Joanna Kerns). In the seventh season of the sitcom, the then still unknown Leonardo DiCaprio played a homeless teenager. Thicke also appeared in movies such as "The Chaos Dad" and "Alpha Dog - Deadly Friendships".

The threefold father suffered a heart attack while playing ice hockey in Burbank, California. One of his sons, the singer Robin Thicke (39, "Blurred Lines"), confirmed the daily "Los Angeles Times".

Robin Thicke described his father as "the greatest man I ever knew." "I saw him a few days ago and told him how much I love and respect him," the singer continues.

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Many American celebrities were also shocked at Thicke's death. Actor Ben Stiller wrote on Twitter that he had completed his first internship in Los Angeles with Alan Thicke, "he was a good boss".

"America loved Alan Thicke, so sad that he left us," wrote TV host Ellen DeGeneres. The actress Olivia Munn sent a short message service "thoughts and prayers" to the members of the actor, hip-hop Mogul Russell Simmons wrote that the world had "lost an icon".

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