David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser in “Starsky and Hutch.".Photo:Courtesy Everett Collection
Courtesy Everett Collection
Paul Michael Glaseris remembering hisStarsky & HutchcostarDavid Soulfollowing his death earlier this week.
“David was a brother, a friend, a caring man,” Glaser shares exclusively with PEOPLE. “We shall never see his like again.”
“I find it difficult to comprehend David’s passing. Seems only yesterday that we were sharing loving insults on the phone,” the actor, 80, tells PEOPLE.
“I want to extend my condolences to dear Helen, whom he loved and cherished and who stood beside him through these difficult years,” adds the actor. “He could never tell me enough what she meant to him.”
“To all his sons and his daughter China, my deepest sympathies.”
“And to all of you, our supportive and caring public who recognized a very special relationship and never stopped telling us. Thank you,” says the actor. “We have all lost a dear friend who shall live on in our memories.”
David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser in “Starsky and Hutch.".FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty
FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty
The two actors starred in the hit series together from 1975-1979. The ABC show followed two California detectives, Soul as Sergeant Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson, Glaser as Hutch’s partner, and fellow detective David Starsky.
In November, Soul said Glaser “is and will always be my best friend, my brother,” in aposton X (formerly known as Twitter).
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In 2023, news broke of a potential reboot of the cop series starring two female characters as the leads. Soulrespondedto the reports, questioning why he and his original partner couldn’t be the ones to do the reboot.
Glaserrepliedjokingly, “If you’re going to describe me as an ‘old fart,’ Please leave ‘old’ out of it.”
David Soul.Peter Jordan - PA Images/PA Images via Getty
Peter Jordan - PA Images/PA Images via Getty
On Thursday, Soul’s wife of 13 years, Helen Snell, shared in a statement with PEOPLE that the actor died on Wednesday “after a valiant battle for life in the loving company of family.” Snell described Soul as a “beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother.”
source: people.com
