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Peter Falk

The gravel-voiced Falk had a more than 50-year acting career that spanned movies, stage and TV.  He became an enduring television icon portraying Lt. Columbo, the rumpled raincoat-wearing Los Angeles police homicide detective who always had "just one more thing" to ask a suspect. He was 83. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-peter-falk-20110625,0,1210734.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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The gravel-voiced Falk had a more than 50-year acting career that spanned movies, stage and TV. He became an enduring television icon portraying Lt. Columbo, the rumpled raincoat-wearing Los Angeles police homicide detective who always had "just one more thing" to ask a suspect. He was 83. Full obituary

Notable film and television deaths of 2011

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