Bill Macy, Bea Arthurs on-screen husband in theAll in the Familyspin-offMaude, died Thursday.
Macys manager Matt Beckoff confirmed the news in a Facebook post.
He was a spitfire right up to the end, hewrote.
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My condolences to his beautiful wife Samantha Harper Macy, he added.
Macy is best known for his role of Walter Findlay onMaude, which ran on CBS from 1972-1978.
Ina 1998 interviewwith the Television Academy, the shows creatorNorman Learsaid he cast Macy forMaudeafter watching him on stage.
I first saw Bill Macy choking to death on a chicken bone in an off-Broadway play…
It took seven minutes [to cast him].
It was a tour de force.
This way I can stay loose and go out and feed her lines.
Elsewhere, Jack & Jill,L.A.
Law, andNothing in Common.
In 2010, he appeared on an episode of TNTsHawthorne.
