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The actor famous for his role as the dad in Happy Days has died at age 83

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Tom Bosley in "Fiorello!"Anonymous

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Tom Bosley and dancer Jean Eliot, his first wife, exchange marriage vows and cut cake on March 6, 1962. Eliot died in 1978.The Associated Press

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Bosley embraces his second life wife, Patricia Carr Bosley, during the filming of a scene from a 1981 episode of "Happy Days" on which she guest-starred.Saxon/The Associated Press

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Tom Bosley (front) with his male co-stars on Happy Days: Ron Howard, (left), Anson Williams and Al Molinari (right).The Associated Press

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Tom Bosley (right) with Milton Berle and Liza Minnelli at a Friars Club luncheon in Los Angeles in 1986.Galbraith/The Associated Press

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Bosley and Liza Minnelli hug at a 1999 reception in Los Angeles.JIM RUYMEN/Reuters

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Tom Bosley (second from the left) poses with his fellow cast members from "Happy Days" at a reunion in 2001, as well as with the show's creator Garry Marshall (far left). Also pictured (left to right) are Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Henry Winkler and Anson Williams.CHRIS MARTINEZ/Reuters

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Tom Bosley as Arthur in a scene from the 2010 film "The Back-Up Plan".Peter Iovino

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Tom Bosley arrives at the premiere of "The Back-up Plan" on April 21, 2010 in Westwood, California.Jason Merritt/Getty Images

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