Martin Milner “Adam 12” dies age 83
The best show “Adam 12” during the 70’s, which spawned generations of kids who wanted to become cops, the super star Martin Milner died this morning, peacefully at his home, age 83.
Martin Milner born December 28, 1931, best known for his performances in two popular television series “Route 66” which was a big hit in the ’60s-64, and “Adam 12″which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.
The actor had roles on several other big hit shows, like “Columbo,” “Swiss Family Robinson,” “Valley of the Dolls” and “Murder She Wrote.”
He was happily married singer and actress Judith Bess “Judy” Jones at a Hollywood dinner party May 1956, and year after they were married on February 23, 1957, in Waukegan, Illinois. Milner, has a four children together: Amy, Molly, Stuart and Andrew. Amy played alongside her father on an episode of Adam-12 (Adam-12: Victim of the Crime, Original Airdate: 1/28/1975 A shopkeeper’s daughter (Amy Milner) criticizes Reed’s failure to catch a robber).
In February 2003, Milner’s eldest daughter Amy was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Amy died of the disease in December 2004.
Milner died peacefully at home on September 7, 2015, surrounded by his family.
