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"Ron Howard and Scott Baio have paid tribute to their Happy Days co-star Tom Bosley. Bosley - who played Richie Cunningham&amp;#039;s father Howard on the long-running ABC comedy - died on Tuesday at the age of 83, and his fellow actors were quick to praise him for his &amp;quot;love of life&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;grounding influence&amp;quot;. Howard, who played Richie, told E News: &amp;quot;I miss him already. Tom&amp;#039;s insight, talent, strength of character and comic timing made him a vital central figure in the Happy Days experience. &amp;quot;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.&amp;quot; Baio, who starred as The Fonz&amp;#039;s cousin Chachi Arcola in the sitcom, told People: &amp;quot;He was always a father to us, both on screen, of course, and backstage. He was always giving us advice - little pieces of wisdom, whether it was about acting or finances or life in general. &amp;quot;He played that father part so well because that is who he was. I don&amp;#039;t know what he was like at home, but in my mind and I think for the rest of us on Happy Days, there was very little distinction between Tom, the man, and Mr. C, the character. &amp;quot;He was also an incredibly calm guy. He never got rattled. I think that was a really important aspect to Happy Days, where so many of us were so young. He was a very grounding influence on us.&amp;quot; He concluded: &amp;quot;Tom Bosley may have passed, but through that part and that character, a part of him will live on forever.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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