Alan Thicke, best known as father Jason Seaver on Growing Pains, is dead.
Alan Thicke passed away at the age of 69 years old. He suffered a heart attack while playing hockey with his 19-year-old son Carter on Tuesday. He was taken to Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Burbank, which is where he was pronounced dead.
Here are a few things to remember about Alan Thicke.
- He wrote the opening themes for Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life.
- The actor was a huge NHL fan and a friend of Wayne Gretzky.
- Alan Thicke hosted his own talk show called Thick Of The Night from 1983 to 1984.
- He got the nickname “America’s Dad” from his Growing Pains role.
- TV Guide ranked him as the 37th on its list of 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time.
- Thicke was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his role on Growing Pains.
- He was also got a nomination for a Daytime Emmy as the host of TV game show Pictionary.
- Thicke was born on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
- His given birth name was Alan Willis Jeffrey.
- He received a star on the Walk of Fame in Canada in 2013.
- The actor recently showed up as a guest character during the second season of Netflix, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:NFLX) Fuller House series.
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Thicke is survived by his wife Tanya Callau, and his three sons, Robin, Brennan and Carter.
