David Soul is....Dead to me!

Aw. That's a shame. Cancer sucks.

He was smoking hot back in the day. Like a G rated Jack Wrangler.....

Predictions for the next two celebrity deaths- Val Kilmer and Joan Plowright.

David and Paul Michael were definitely gay icons

Title sequence from Starsky and Hutch, featuring some of the first-known instances of gay-baiting on network TV.

Starsky and Hutch were one of the oldest fan fic pairings. It started in the 60s with Kirk/Spock.

Only recently I started following him on SM. He was fucking hilarious and his Trump-shading was lovely to see, no fucks given.

A great one-hit wonder.

Have gave up on us, baby.

I always enjoyed him, it was sad that he was a wife beater. I assumed he learned his lesson after the brouhaha back in the early 80s.

Love him in Salem's Lot with James Mason

He and Paul Michael Glaser were two of my spank bank fantasies as a horny junior high school kid in the 70s.

Use to watch him on HERE COMES THE BRIDES.

David was quite big in the gonads.

Oops. Let's try that again...

Don't give up on us, David!

PMG was also quite a large presence in the gonad community.

I get nervous 😬 when someone starts a celebrity death trio

I actually kind of like that cheesy single he cut.

^ So do I!

He was a beautiful Vaalian on Star Trek, the original show.

He had a hot soul but he couldn’t live forever.

[quote]David was quite big in the gonads.

[quote]PMG was also quite a large presence in the gonad community.

It was the 70s. EVERYONE was big in the gonads.

This one hurts.

R22 In the 70s, everyone showed off their gonads.

I miss those days.

I like those Robert Plant packages

Apparently he died from complications of cancer and COPD. Don't smoke kids.

[quote] Have gave up

Oh dear, R8.

It was the Vaxxxxxxxxxxxx!

80 year olds don't die every day, ya know!

Any word, yet, from Susan Dey?

I think he had said he had prostate cancer a few years ago.

R7 No one-hit wonder: he released two singles from his album in 1977 - 'Don't Give Up On Us' and 'Silver Lady'. It peaked at #52 on the Hot 100, #23 on the AC and #1 on the UK charts.

R17 Glynnis Johns was the first, he was the second - one more to go. I think it may be another actor / actress with ties to both England and US.

I don't think it's fair for these celebrity families to milk the sorry for your loss cow without the money shot. WTF did he actually die of? If nothing else, think of the poor Wikipedians, twitching away.

He was my favorite of the brothers in Here Comes the Brides..

R30, I listen to Casey Kasem’s ‘70s top 40 shows on Sirius & there are a lot of follow-up songs released that make it to the weekly Billboard list that are only there because of the history with the artist. Unless a song made it to the top 20, it wasn’t a “hit.” David Soul was, indeed, a one-hit wonder.

May God rest his David Soul.

Poor David Soul, his one hit wonder is on iTunes... but by everybody but him.

R7No he had a hit with Silver Lady

[quote]I listen to Casey Kasem’s ‘70s top 40 shows ... Unless a song made it to the top 20, it wasn’t a “hit.” David Soul was, indeed, a one-hit wonder.

How very American of you.

"Silver Lady" made it in to the top 20 in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK.

Silver Lady was not a hit.

Never heard of it.

ANYWAY......

I had an intense platonic crush on Paul Michael Glaser and didn't pay any attention to Soul. But I rewatched two seasons of S&H during the pandemic and Soul was a charismatic, good-looking guy.

I wonder whether Paul and David ever rubbed cockheads together

David Soul, ‘Starsky and Hutch’ Actor, Dies at 80...

This guy had quite a career aside from Starsky & Hutch.

More from The Hollywood Reporter...

They were equally handsome. Soul had larger balls, but dark and hairy Paul Michael Glaser was more my type and his grown up crotch on ample display was quite impressive to young me.

[quote]Don't smoke kids.

I'll smoke as many kids as I damn want!

Soul was married five times. His third wife was Patti Carnel Sherman, former wife of Bobby Sherman, Soul's co-star in 'Here Come the Brides.' Soul was jailed and ordered to attend therapy classes for alcoholism, after attacking her when she was seven months pregnant.

Soul's fifth wife is British. Soul became a naturalized British citizen in 2004.

They were both so manly. Made me all tingly before I understood why

He played Mack Sennett in John Doyle's London revival of "Mack and Mabel" in 2005, and Jerry Springer on stage and screen.

They copped to the homoeroticism. And a feel, while they were at it!

[quote] How very American of you.

Well, the show WAS called America's Top 40.

^ American

Yes, it's AMERICAN TOP 40.

Not Belarus's Top 40

Aw, David. RIP.

Most of y'all have never heard of me, but I was a big recording artist in the Captive Nations countries.

RIP, David.

Hold me, Paul!

Fuck me, Starsky!

Starsky & Hutch were groundbreaking in that they were two straight guys who didn't seem put off by truly caring about one another and not being afraid to show it. This was in the mid 1970s.

Compare that to various moments of physical affection among Chandler, Ross, and Joey on Friends and they immediately jump to HEY WE'RE NOT GAY when someone observes them.

[quote] was jailed and ordered to attend therapy classes for alcoholism,

Was it alcoholism in addition to anger management? Wondering because in an interview in 2012 David has the guy meet him in a bar and he's drinking wine. When the interviewer asks about it, Soul gets touchy, saying it's a boring subject.

After seeing recent pictures of him the first thing i thought was, 'he's still drinking'. It always shows up in the face when you hit your 60s if not before.

Married 5 times = massive anger issues and domestic violence.

Sad. May he FINALLY RIP.

David Soul starring in the last episode of 'Ghost Story/Circle of Fear,' 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞, March 30, 1973:

I wasn't a Ford guy, totally GM growing up but I wanted one of those Ford Torino.

And that completes the triangle of death: Glynis Johns, David Soul and Christian Oliver - all on the same day (Jan 4, 2024).

R33 You listen to "American Top 40" , which is taken from the weekly Billboard Hot 100 Singles, and have decided that only the Top 20 are actual hits ? Bwahahahahahaha! How very generous of you.

He was not a one-hit wonder : he had a second single which broke the HOT 100 Singles chart called 'Silver Lady' which peaked at #52. I am even more generous than you.

Listening to the old shows of Casey - who would have thought the end of the life of this most vanilla of stars would become so clouded in mystery?! - I’m amazed how many songs in the second half of the top 40 are ones of which I, a devoted listener of ‘70s radio, never heard. Invariably, they are from established stars or those coming off their one & only hit song. For that particular week, fans of the established stars or those who had just had their first hit gave a lift to their new releases.

R38 R39 Argentina[6] 2 Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 8 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 12 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 39 Canada (RPM)[10] 70 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[11] 36 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 16 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 5 UK Singles (OCC)[15] 1 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[16] 23 US Billboard Hot 100[17]

Don’t forget Harry Johnson r62:

Okay, R64, just for you, I listened to this song. I, like R38 & R39, have zero memory of this song. It was NOT a “hit” in the US. And it peaked, one week, at only # 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100 - from which Casey’s top 40 was culled. It made it as high as #23 one week, but on a different chart, the US Easy Listening one.

I have to say I came into this thinking finally a thread that won't be turned into a trump thread. Guess I was wrong. Again.

What the hell is your problem, R67? One post mentioning his Trump-shading has hardly turned it into a Trump thread. If Trump-bashing offends you so much, you'd do better to avoid DL altogether.

He's another one I would've assumed was dead already since his alcoholism & anger issues were pretty well known. But good for him for getting his act (somewhat) together & starting a new life in the UK. To his credit, he parlayed marginal acting talents into a decent career. He was much better in Salem's Lost than his successor, Rob Lowe.

R41 possibly docking sessions?

Wow, I knew that he was sick, yet this is sudden. My dad didn't like him because he also sang. He hated actors who thought that they should sing.

I guess he gave up on us baby

Was one of his ex-wives Jaclyn Smith?

No, R73, you're thinking of Dennis Cole.

Oh.

Thanks, r74

He and Paul were born a few months apart in 1943.

If it didn't make it into the Top 40, it is NOT a hit.

NOT a hit.

NOT a hit.

David Soul was, is and will always, always, always be a

ONE

HIT

WONDER

^ Quite an accomplishment nonetheless.

He was spellbinding in Salem's Lot. Had chemistry with everyone he was onscreen with. Sad that most of the cast of that miniseries is gone--Soul, James Mason, Fred Willard, Marie Windsor, even Lance Kerwin.

I swear to god, I remember reading something about him that involved necrophilia. That's all I remember.

Nether of those 2 recent deaths Christian Oliver (who?) and Harry Johnson (who??) are up to the standard of David Soul and Glynis fucking Johns (goddess!). We're still awaiting a proper third.

Wife beater, girls.....

R62 Tom Wilkinson started it, fool.

R4- They were the Cagney and Lacy of the 1970's except they weren't DKYES.

Oh ok, so it's Tom Wilkinson, Glynis Johns and David Soul.

This tradition is remarkably reliable.

Supposedly the LA coroner was paid off to let David sneak in and violate the corpses.

David Soul as the Hungarian Szabo Daborba

on an early episode of All In The Family September 25, 1971.

Sorry , dykes is spellled DYKES not DKYES.

Lacey & Hutch rehearsing "Anything Goes" (1997).

He was great in Salem Clot.

That "death comes in threes" trope never works out, but some doofus always brings it up whenever someone dies.

He had an interesting life. I didn’t know he was a folk singer and opened for Zappa at one point.

Lemme guess. “Salem’s Clot” takes place at Michfest

[quote] What the hell is your problem, [R67]?

Do like I do, and block that motherfucker, won’t you?

Thank you!

R89, I wonder if those two wound up knocking boots! I would love to see a copy of that sex tape!

[quote] Glynis fucking Johns

I had no idea she was a prostitute!!!!

Bless my Soul.

And where is fellow '70s icon Susan Dey? Has she offered her condolences?

I read his obit in NYTimes earlier this evening, it references him having gotten to a low point financially in the late '60s where he sold himself sexually à la Jon Voight's character "Midnight Cowboy" for a bit. Never had heard about any of that. Anyway, I always thought he more sublimely complemented Glaser's more visceral sexiness, both hotties, in "Starsky & Hutch." And groundbreaking also in being TV cops on the beat together who worked the streets (pardon...pun?) in their plainclothes in a way that broke the mold in that genre of, say, "Dragnet" in crime dramas or Barney and Andy in "Andy Griffith Show." Good times. RIP.

He and Jack Wrangler really did resemble each other.

After the DV incident, he was very remorseful and went around to prisons and spoke to inmates about domestic violence.

He appeared as "The Masked Singer" on The Merv Griffin Show.

r86 brings the old DL dish...

I've been here a long time! But I still don't know what's up with those Helen Lawson posts.🤔

R104 Grab a case of Helenesque and sit by me....

I had no idea he had a UK No. 1! He was the top trending topic all day.

Paul Michael Glaser's tribute.

R107 Paul Michael Glaser is the epitome of class.

This is a beautiful tribute. It's clear the two remained close all these years.

And kudos to Paul Michael Glaser for remaining strong, despite the unfathomable tragedies he's suffered throughout his life.

I have David Soul’s performance on S&H to thank for my lifelong avoidance of opiates.

In one episode, evil people shoot him full of heroin. The trip scene scared the shit out of me for life..

I did it first. Perhaps you missed my tour-de-force performance in Charlie's Angels when they did it to me, too?

Your program lost me when they set Kate Jackson on fire for the cliff hanger. They made me wait three months before resolving the issue. It was a terrifying summer.

[quote][R17] Glynnis Johns

GLYNIS. (one 'n')

I had no idea he'd become British. I guess that explained why he popped up -- usually playing an annoying American -- on episodes of "Poirot," "Inspector Lewis," and "Dalziel & Pascoe," among other British series.