The Region - News from April 2, 1985

Actor David Huffman, slain in February while trying to apprehend a car burglar in San Diego, was eulogized by friends and fellow entertainers as “part prince, part angel, part saint.” But “in a large measure, he was also part imp,” added television film writer James Costigan, matching the sometimes tearful, sometimes humorous tone of the memorial service at The Mark Taper Forum of The Music Center in Los Angeles. About 130 people gathered for the tribute, which included Huffman scenes in Costigan’s films “Last of the Belles” and “Eleanor and Franklin.” The 40-year-old actor was stabbed to death in San Diego, where he was appearing at the Old Globe Theater.