JOE SANTOS – HEART ATTACK
Actor Joe Santos was one of Hollywood’s top talents during the ’70s until the mid-part of the ’80s. His most significant role in the industry was Sgt. Dennis Becker in the hit NBC drama The Rockford Files. However, what most people didn’t know was that he used to be a top-notch football player. He also came close to bankruptcy, but thanks to his good friend Al Pacino, he managed to steer his financial situation back on the right track.
On March 18, 2016, he shocked his fans and Hollywood with his sudden passing. According to the accounts of his family members and close friends, he suffered a heart attack two days before. Throughout his career as an actor, Joe Santos was featured in numerous television programs which included Room 222, Barnaby Jones, Black Sheep Squadron, Kung Fu Baretta, The Greatest American Hero, Miami Vice, Hill Street Blues, The Greatest American Hero, Remington Steele, Santa Barbara, Police Story, Hardcastle and McCormick, Quantum Leap, and NYPD Blue.