Actor Peter Falk participates in a press conference at the 4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival for the movie in which he starred, The Thing About My Folks, in New York City April 29, 2005. A veteran character actor in film and television, he was perhaps best known for his work as rumpled homicide detective, Inspector Columbo, with the Los Angeles Police Department, in the long-running series Columbo. Falk won 4 Emmy Awards for his memorable part. The New York-born performer died at 83 in Beverly Hills, California on June 23, 2011, at 83.
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