{"id":2005,"date":"2025-07-16T15:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:18:33","slug":"actor-and-singer-passes-away-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2005","title":{"rendered":"Actor And Singer Passes Away At 80"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>David Soul, \u2018Starsky and Hutch\u2019 Star, Dies at 80<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Soul, famous for playing Detective Ken \u201cHutch\u201d Hutchinson in the 1970s TV series&nbsp;<em>Starsky and Hutch<\/em>, has died at age 80. He also returned to this role in the 2004 film&nbsp;<em>Starsky &amp; Hutch<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His wife Helen Snell shared that he \u201cdied peacefully, surrounded by family,\u201d calling him a \u201cbeloved husband, father, and friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond&nbsp;<em>Starsky and Hutch<\/em>, Soul had a diverse acting career including roles in&nbsp;<em>Magnum Force<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Murder, She Wrote<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Secret of the Sahara<\/em>. He also briefly pursued music after being discovered at age 24 while performing in North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soul was married five times and had six children. He and Snell married in 2010 and stayed together until his death. While the family did not announce an official cause of death, reports suggest he had been battling lung cancer and COPD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans remember him especially for his role as \u201cHutch,\u201d the \u201ccalm, steady counterpart to Starsky\u2019s fire,\u201d leaving a lasting legacy through his performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Soul, \u2018Starsky and Hutch\u2019 Star, Dies at 80 David Soul, famous for playing Detective Ken \u201cHutch\u201d Hutchinson in the 1970s TV series&nbsp;Starsky and Hutch, has died at age 80. He also returned to this role in the 2004 film&nbsp;Starsky &amp; Hutch. His wife Helen Snell shared that he \u201cdied peacefully, surrounded by family,\u201d calling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions\/2007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}