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…and he did it years before Columbo.
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Peter Falk, TV's rumpled Columbo, has died
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Columbo star Peter Falk dies aged 83 - Mirror Online
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Obituary: Peter Falk - BBC News
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Peter Falk was the first actor nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year
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Peter Falk obituary, TV crime drama
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Peter Falk - IMDb
Peter Falk, TV's rumpled Columbo, has died
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Columbo - The Complete Fourth Season : Peter Falk: Movies & TV
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List of actors with Academy Award nominations - Wikipedia
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Alan Arkin, Oscar winning actor in Little Miss Sunshine, dies aged 89, Movies