"Columbo" actor Peter Falk dead at 83

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) � Peter Falk, star of the 1970s hit TV drama "Columbo," whose role as the rumpled detective of the same name earned him four Emmys, has died after years of battling Alzheimer's disease. He was 83. Falk passed away peacefully at his Beverly Hills home on Wednesday evening, according to a statement issued by his wife's attorney