The Philadelphia Inquirer
reports that actor John Hillerman, an actor best known as the majordomo of the
Robin Masters estate on TV’s Magnum P.I. with Tom Selleck in the 1980’s, has
died.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - John
Hillerman, who played stuffed-shirt Higgins to Tom Selleck's freewheeling
detective Thomas Magnum in the 1980s TV series Magnum, P.I., has died, his
nephew said Thursday. Hillerman was 84.
Hillerman, who had been in
declining health, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Houston,
nephew Chris Tritico said.
Besides playing manager of
the Hawaiian estate that Magnum used as home base, Hillerman was known for his
1970s roles as arrogant radio show detective Simon Brimmer on the Ellery Queen
series and the difficult boss on the sitcom One Day at a Time.
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During the early 80’s when Vietnam veterans were mostly portrayed as killers
and nuts, Magnum P.I. offered up three decent and well-adjusted Vietnam veterans;
Thomas Magnum, T.C. and Rick. John Hillerman portrayed a veteran of World War
II.
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