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Roger E. Mosley, 'Magnum, P.I.' star, dies at 83

Actor Roger E. Mosley speaks at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Stunts Peer Group Emmy Nominee Party For Stunt Coordination, held at the Adademy's Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, on Aug. 11, 2007 in North Hollywood, California.

Around the world, Roger E. Mosley was known as helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin from the 1980s TV series "Magnum, P.I." But in the Los Angeles area, he also was known as something else: a high school track and field coach who cultivated the talent and changed the lives of student athletes over three decades.

Mosley died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. from injuries he sustained in a car crash Thursday in Lynwood, his daughter, Ch-a Mosley, told the

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