Television
Telly Savalas (pictured on the cover on location in New York) is walking across East 28th Street, with that head-down, don’t-mess-with-me look New Yorkers wear like overcoats.
Oct. 22, 1989
Sports
Telly’s Sporting Bar couldn’t have found a better hiding place.
Aug. 21, 1992
Obituaries
Telly Savalas, the bald-headed actor who played movie villains but gained his most fame as a hard-boiled, lollipop-loving New York City detective in the 1970s television series “Kojak,” died Saturday of prostate cancer.
Jan. 23, 1994
Travel & Experiences
* Actor Telly Savalas is still alive on a 747 en route to New York from LAX, in my mind (“ ‘Kojak’ Star Telly Savalas Dies at 70,” Jan. 23).
Jan. 28, 1994
Sunday mornings, Telly Savalas would hang around the bar at the Sheraton-Universal Hotel, sipping coffee, still in his slippers, watching football games on television.
Jan. 25, 1994
Entertainment & Arts
Christina Savalas; Artist, Telly Savalas’ Mother Christina Savalas, 84, an artist whose impressionistic portraits have been exhibited in several cities across the nation, according to a spokesman for her son, actor Telly Savalas.
July 26, 1988
Character actor George Savalas, best known for his portrayal of the portly Detective Stavros in television’s “Kojak,” the 1970s police drama that starred his brother, died Wednesday of leukemia at the UCLA Medical Center.
Oct. 3, 1985
Telly Savalas, the gruff, hairless actor who became a television favorite as the lollipop-loving New York detective in the 1970s series “Kojak,” died Saturday of prostate cancer.
John Cacavas, composer whose career was helped by Telly Savalas, dies at 83; Joan Mondale, wife of vice president and a cultural arts advocate, dies at 83.
Feb. 3, 2014
Now a part-owner of Singletary, who will run in the Eddie Read at Del Mar on Sunday, he has fond memories of a summer 30 years ago.
July 20, 2005