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| US actor Robert Culp dies aged 79 | US actor Robert Culp dies aged 79 |
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| Robert Culp, who paired with Bill Cosby in the US comedy-adventure TV series I Spy in the 1960s, has died at the age of 79. | Robert Culp, who paired with Bill Cosby in the US comedy-adventure TV series I Spy in the 1960s, has died at the age of 79. |
| Police said he accidentally hit his head while taking a walk outside his Hollywood home. | Police said he accidentally hit his head while taking a walk outside his Hollywood home. |
| In I Spy Culp played an agent whose cover was a tennis ace, while Cosby played his trainer. | In I Spy Culp played an agent whose cover was a tennis ace, while Cosby played his trainer. |
| Culp was prominent on US TV from the late 1950s, more recently appearing on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. | Culp was prominent on US TV from the late 1950s, more recently appearing on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. |
| I Spy broke ground for US television by being the first programme to feature an African-American (Bill Cosby) in a lead role. | |
| Culp was born in Oakland, California, in 1930. | |
| He got his start in television in the late 1950s before appearing in The Man From Uncle and Outer Limits. | |
| He then landed the role of tennis-playing secret agent Kelly Robinson. Cosby played his coach, and fellow Pentagon agent, Alexander Scott. | |
| I Spy ran from 1965 to 1968. |