Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
A healthy outside starts from the inside.
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I know it sounds hokey but I think, ultimately, on television you can`t hide who you are.
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Charge forward with hope and get the best medical advice you can. Talk to your friends, neighbors, family, and together you attack it. We can`t always control what happens to us, but we can always control how we react to it.
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Series work is just grueling.
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I think my longevity has a lot to do with where I come from - a blue-collar town in Ohio - and how I was raised: to work hard and respect other folks.
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I`ve cheated myself: there are other things I could have done to fill out the bouquet of my career.
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There was an inquiry just last week about the new Bette Midler show, and I just didn`t want to do that.
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While there`s time left, I want to do different kinds of things.
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I`m not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things.
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"I think my longevity has a lot to do with where I come from -- a blue-collar town in Ohio -- and how I was raised: to work hard and respect other folks."
"I know it sounds hokey but I think, ultimately, on television you can`t hide who you are. It is why people are always coming up to me, not to talk about my shows but about their families, their pets. They obviously feel comfortable with me."
"Charge forward with hope and get the best medical advice you can. Talk to your friends, neighbors, family, and together you attack it. We can`t always control what happens to us, but we can always control how we react to it." (Wisconsin speech, 2001)
Trivia
During his "Spenser" series, Urich had a special agreement with the execs to fly out of state (from Brookline, MA to the West Coast) when needed for his older daughter`s medical treatments.
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Has two grandchildren Michelle (born 2004) and Lana (born 2005)
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Uncle of actor Justin Urich
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His final film, Night of the Wolf (2002) (TV) aired on Animal Planet the same day that he died.
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Graduated from Michigan State University in 1971 with a masters degree in Broadcast Research and Management.
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Attended Florida State University on a four-year football scholarship where he earned his undergraduate degree in Radio and Television Communications in 1968.
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Graduated from Toronto High School in Toronto, Ohio in 1964.
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Holds the record for having the most series-regular roles on TV: 13. "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1973), "S.W.A.T." (1975), "Soap" (1977), "Tabitha" (1977), "Vega$" (1978), "Gavilan" (1982), "Spenser: For Hire" (1985), "American Dreamer" (1990) "Crossroads" (1992) "It Had to Be You" (1993), "The Lazarus Man" (1996), "The Love Boat: The Next Wave" (1998), and "Emeril" (2001).
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National spokesman for the American Cancer Society in 1998.
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He was from Toronto, Ohio; his wife was from Toronto, Ontario!
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Wife Heather Menzies played blonde Louisa, one of the Von Trapp children, in the film version of The Sound of Music (1965).
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Won 1992 Cable Ace Award as Informational Host of National Geographic`s "On Assignment series. Also in 1992, narrated Emmy-winning National Geographic Explorer film, "U-Boats: Terror on Our Shores (1992)".
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Recipient of the Gilda Radner Courage Award from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
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Spent latter years devoted to cancer research and education, and he and wife established the Heather and Robert Urich Fund for Sarcoma Research at the University of Michigan.
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Graduated from Florida State University in 1967 or 1968
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Member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
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Is of Slovak heritage.
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Brother of Tom Urich
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Son: Ryan 1979 Daughter: Emily 1980.
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Bachelor of Arts from Florida State University 1968, Master of Arts from Michigan State University in Communications
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Daughter with wife Heather Menzies, Allison Grady, born. [18 April 1998]
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He sued Castle Rock Television for $1.47 million (the amount he would have received for the second season of his TV series "The Lazarus Man" (1996)) on April 11, 2000, saying Castle Rock canceled the show because he had cancer. He alleged he did not receive payments from the company. Apparently Urich and his production company entered into an agreement with Castle Rock in 1995 for Urich to act in the "Lazarus Man" pilot. Under the deal he was to be paid $70,000 per episode for the first season and $73,000 an episode the second season. In July 1996 he informed Castle Rock that he had cancer and would have to undergo treatment, but the suit said at no time was Urich unable to perform his duties. Castle Rock terminated the agreement a month later. Urich underwent chemotherapy, radiation treatments and two operations in the mid-1990s to seemingly successfully fight synovial cell sarcoma, a rare cancer that attacks the joints.
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Spouse: Heather Menzies (21 November 1975 - 16 April 2002) (his death) 3 children; Barbara Rucker (1968 - 1974) (divorced)
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