Robert Urich

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  • Birth Name: Robert Michael Urich
  • Birth Place: Toronto, OH
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/19/1946, Sagittarius
  • Date of Death: 04/16/2002
  • Profession: Actor
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Robert Urich Fast Facts:
  • Received a football scholarship from Florida State University, where he was an offensive lineman.
  • Worked as a salesman for WGN in Chicago and had a brief stint as a weatherman. 
  • Acting break came when fellow FSU graduate Burt Reynolds got him cast as his younger brother in a stage production of The Rainmaker in 1972.
  • Met wife Heather Menzies on the set of a Libby's corned-beef-hash commercial in 1974.
  • Was diagnosed with cancer in 1996 while starring in The Lazarus Man on TNT.
  • Became spokesperson for the American Cancer Society in 1998.
  • Robert Urich Relationships:
  • Emily Urich - Daughter
  • Heather Menzies - Wife
  • Allison Grady Urich - Daughter
  • John Urich - Father
  • Ryan Urich - Son
  • Barbara Rucker - Ex-wife
  • Cecilia Urich - Mother
  • Tom Urich - Brother
  • Robert Urich Awards:
  • 1980 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
  • 1981 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
  • College:
  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (BA in Radio and Television Communications, 1968); Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (MA in Broadcast Research and Management, 1971)
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