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Actor Peter Scolari, ‘Bosom Buddies’ and ‘Newhart’ star, dies at 66

Peter Scolari, the prolific actor who rose to fame on the TV show “Bosom Buddies” with longtime friend Tom Hanks and was nominated for three Emmy Awards for his role on “Newhart,” died Friday. He was 66.

Scolari, who also starred in Hanks’ films “That Thing You Do!” (1996) and “The Polar Express” (2004), died after battling cancer for two years, his spokeswoman, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, told the Los Angeles Times. She did not specify what kind of cancer Scolari had.

From 1984 to 1990, Scolari played

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