The Chicago-born Tom Bosley will always be remembered as Howard Cunningham, America's Father, as much as Barbara Billingsley was America's Mother in her day. Happy Days created a number of stars who are household names today: Tom Bosley, Ron Howard, and Henry Winkler foremost of all. People Magazine reports that Henry Winkler, who played The Fonz, sadly told listeners at Los Angeles's KNX-1070 News Radio, "I'm in shock, I really am. I spoke to him just a few weeks ago and he seemed to be getting his strength back."
Ron Howard, who played Richie Cunningham, Bosley's on screen son, told People Magazine that Bosley was a "wonderful Happy Days dad" who was "A great father and husband, and a wonderful artist, Tom led by example, and made us all laugh while he was doing it. My last conversations with Tom reflected the love of life and peace of mind that he always maintained throughout his full and rewarding life."
The show aired between 1974 and 1984, for ten years, and came to define the American Culture of the day. It went from being considered a conservative show to one that loosened up with the more socially-liberal 80s. But Tom Bosley's character always remained true to his principals.
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