Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman
Name:	Jacob Joachim Klugman
Born:	April 27, 1922
Birth Hometown:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died:	December 24, 2012 (age 90)
Place of death:	Los Angeles, California
Occupation:	actor
Years active:	1950-2012
Known for:	playing Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple and Dr. Quincy on Quincy M.E.

Jack Klugman (born Jacob Joachim Klugman; April 27, 1922 - died December 24, 2012) was a television, stage and film actor.

Klugman began his career in 1950. He later moved on to television and film work with roles in 12 Angry Men and Cry Terror!. During the 1960s, he guest-starred on numerous television series. Klugman won his first Primetime Emmy Award for his guest-starring role on The Defenders in 1964; he also made a total of four appearances on The Twilight Zone from 1960 to 1963.

In 1970, Klugman reprised his Broadway role of Oscar Madison in the television adaptation of The Odd Couple opposite Tony Randall. The series aired from 1970 to 1975. Klugman won his second and third Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his work on the series. From 1976 to 1983, he starred in the title role in Quincy M.E., for which he earned four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 1985, he appeared in an episode of The Love Boat entitled "Scandinavian Cruise" (Parts 1 & 2).

Klugman married actress and future Match Game panelist Brett Somers in 1953. The couple had two children before separating in 1974. They were never divorced and were still married when Somers died in 2007. The following year, he married Peggy Crosby, with whom he had lived since 1988.

A longtime smoker, Klugman was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1974. Cancer returned in 1989. During the course of treatment, Klugman lost a vocal cord which left him with a raspy voice. He died from prostate cancer on December 24, 2012. 

Shows appeared

• Password All-Stars
• He Said She Said
• Celebrity Bowling
• The (New) $25,000 Pyramid
• Hollywood Squares
• Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes
• Match Game
• Password Plus

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