David Soul’s ‘Starsky & Hutch’ co-star Paul Michael Glaser paid tribute to ‘brother, buddy’ after dying

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By Nika Shakhnazarova

“Starsky & Hutch” star Paul Michael Glaser has paid tribute to his longtime buddy David Soul following his dying this week.

“David was a brother, a buddy, a caring man,” Glaser stated in an announcement to People. “We will by no means see his like once more.”

“I discover it tough to understand David’s passing. Appears solely yesterday that we had been sharing loving insults on the cellphone,” continued Glaser, who starred as David Michael Starsky within the hit collection.

“It simply takes time, I inform myself; saying goodbye to such an expensive buddy and vital a part of my life I believe that I’ll let myself really feel his loss, our loss, solely regularly.”

Glaser, 80, stated his former co-star “cherished and cherished” his spouse, Helen Snell, who “stood beside him via these tough years.”

“He might by no means inform me sufficient what she meant to him,” he added. “To all his sons and his daughter China, my deepest sympathies.”

He concluded, “And to all of you, our supportive and caring public who acknowledged a really particular relationship and by no means stopped telling us. Thanks. We’ve all misplaced an expensive buddy who shall reside on in our recollections.”

The buddy cop drama aired from 1975 to 1979 and adopted two California detectives. Soul starred as Sergeant Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson.

Actor Ben Stiller, who starred as “David Starsky” within the 2004 remake movie alongside Owen Wilson, wrote on X, “Defining 70’s cool. Relaxation in peace x.”

The actor died on the age of 80 on Thursday.

Snell introduced the news in a statement, saying that her husband died “after a valiant battle for all times within the loving firm of household.”

“He shared many extraordinary items on the earth as actor, singer, storyteller, inventive artist, and pricey buddy,” she added. “His smile, laughter, and keenness for all times might be remembered by the numerous whose lives he has touched.”

Soul suffered from a medley of health issues all through his life, akin to most cancers and continual obstructive pulmonary illness.

Soul is survived by Snell and his six kids — 5 sons and a daughter.