Actor Paul Michael Glaser, who played the character of Starsky in the cult series “Starsky and Hutch”, has just paid a vibrant tribute to David Soul, who died on January 4.
He is now an orphan. Paul Michael Glaser, who played cop Starsky in the cult series Starsky and Hutch, has just paid a moving tribute to his friend David “Hutch” Soul in a moving press release sent to the People website.
“David was a brother, a friend, a caring man”declares Paul Michael Glaser to define the man who died last Thursday at the age of 80. “We will never see someone of that caliber again.”
“I have difficulty realizing David’s disappearance”continues the actor. “I feel like just yesterday we were affectionately insulting each other on the phone. I tell myself that it must just take time to get used to it. I imagine that when you have to say goodbye to such a dear friend and at such an important part of one’s life, mourning occurs gradually…”
After expressing his support for David Soul’s wife and children, Paul Michael Glaser sends a message to fans of Starsky and Hutch. “To all of you, our supportive and attentive public with whom we had a very special relationship – you kept telling us – I say thank you”concludes the 80-year-old American. “We have all lost a dear friend who will always be remembered.”
Starsky and Hutch: How does it end?
Between 1975 and 1979, Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul made the big time on television in the detective series Starsky and Hutch. The two men played two rather cool cops who carried out their investigations aboard their red Gran Torino with white stripes, helped by Huggy “the good tips”.
A film adapted from the ABC show, with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in the main roles, was released in 2004. A police comedy in which Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul made a pleasant winking appearance.
The trailer for the film “Starsky and Hutch”: