{"id":1594096,"date":"2022-08-08T09:17:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594096"},"modified":"2022-08-08T09:18:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T13:18:48","slug":"magnum-p-i-actor-roger-e-mosley-dead-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/magnum-p-i-actor-roger-e-mosley-dead-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Magnum, P.I.\u2019 Actor Roger E. Mosley Dead At 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmagnum-p-i-actor-roger-e-mosley-dead-at-83%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">American actor and director Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore \u201cT.C.\u201d Calvin on the 1980s hit show \u201cMagnum, P.I.,\u201d died at 83 years old on Sunday, his daughter announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mosley reportedly died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, following a major car accident on August 4 that left him paralyzed from the shoulder down.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cHe was surrounded by family as he transcended peacefully,\u201d Ch-a Mosley said in a Facebook\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100041744273339\/posts\/pfbid02GbMx8AytmW9qUjP5yCt9dQnZf7nhxfwcbJMbWQ6nyUjsYAJwSyWEJH7eFDXJHLJil\/?d=n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">post<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. \u201cWe could never mourn such an amazing man.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ch-a Mosley said her father fought for his life in critical condition after the accident. The actor\u2019s daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cha.mosley.5\/posts\/pfbid02Ha9jBZShXB6Xoeia1wPeTaudwLTaMefEnowGY9t8rmw46FJ5S4G7Kq2aGxnAhLFLl\">said<\/a> hospital staff made \u201cevery effort\u201d to care for her father while his family and friends accompanied him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis is a VERY hard time for us as we all know Roger to be a lion, the king of everywhere he brought himself. He is a legend, a trailblazer, a roll [sic] model, a friend to his communities,\u201d Ch-a said. \u201cHe is my \u2018Mr. Man.&#8217;\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mosley was born in Los Angeles on December 18, 1938. The actor grew up in Watts in the Imperial Courts housing projects and attended Jordan High School.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His acting career began in the early 1970s and continued until retiring in 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">From 1980 to 1988, Mosley starred with Tom Selleck in more than 150 episodes of \u201cMagnum, P.I.,\u201d which aired for eight seasons. In 2019, he stepped out of retirement to appear in two episodes of a reboot of the classic 80s crime-adventure series as another character, John Booky.<\/p>\n<p>Mosley\u2019s character, Theodore \u201cT.C.\u201d Calvin, was a former Marine veteran and helicopter pilot who would later fly helicopter tours in Hawaii and serve as a member of Magnum\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>Mosley became a certified helicopter pilot, although he did not perform his own stunts during the filming of the show.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mosley also appeared on \u201cSanford and Son,\u201d \u201cLove Boat,\u201d \u201cStarsky and Hutch,\u201d and dozens of other TV series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 1976, Mosley starred in the film \u201cLeadbelly,\u201d which focused on the life of folk singer Huddie Ledbetter. In a 1982 interview with Ebony magazine, Mosley said playing the part of Ledbetter was his favorite role.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mosley also founded the Watts Repertory Company in 1974.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His daughter said Mosley would \u201cHATE any crying done in his name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">She said her father would show random acts of kindness to strangers doing good deeds.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cHe has a little bag filled with Starbucks gift cards that he gives to people who\u2019ve done good,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cha.mosley.5\/posts\/pfbid02noxyNay7FAc51ypeCVASBGRn11oiQD36z4B1wbKpUX51rqTBXcfsGBDsmjf9oWQBl\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Antoinette \u201cToni,\u201d and three children.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt is time to celebrate the legacy he left for us all,\u201d Ch-a wrote. \u201cI love you daddy. You loved me too. My heart is heavy but I am strong. I will care for mommy, your love of almost 60 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYou raised me well and she is in good hands,\u201d she added. \u201cRest easy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American actor and director Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore \u201cT.C.\u201d Calvin on the 1980s hit show \u201cMagnum, P.I.,\u201d died at 83 years old on Sunday, his daughter announced.\u00a0 Mosley reportedly died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, following a major car accident on August 4 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1594226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1594096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1594096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1594226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1594096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1594096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1594096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}