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“David Soul – beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother – died yesterday after a valiant battle for life in the loving company of family,” she said in a statement. “He shared many extraordinary gifts in the world as actor, singer, storyteller, creative artist and dear friend. His smile, laughter and passion for life will be remembered by the many whose lives he has touched.”
David Soul Left Hollywood
While he rose to fame off of the back of Starsky & Hutch, soul share a special bond with the UK. On his website, he wrote about coming to the country during the height of his van and becoming so enamored with the nation that he decided to make it his home. Soul got his citizenship in 2004, and never looked back.
He wrote, I have a long history with England. I’d spend time here as a child, visiting with my parents from Berlin will be live for a while. In 1975, Starsky & Hutch wanna best new US TV show award here Paul Michael Glaser, who played Starsky, and I came over for that – about 5000 screaming fans greeted us at Heathrow Airport and I was terrified. Then in the late 70s and early 80s, I did a couple of music tour of the UK, haven’t had number one hits with “Don’t Give Up On Us “and “Silver Lady.” I also did a couple of films over here, one on Dartmoor where I caught viral pneumonia.”
“when I did a series called 6.55 Special in the early 80s, I lived here for a while, and in 1995 Bill Kenwright invited me over to do the play Catch Me If You Can and I jumped at it as I always dreamed of doing theater in England. I got so tired of Los Angeles after being there for 28 years and I love being here,” Soul added. “I finally got British citizenship 2004 because I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life here with Eli. To get it, I had to go to council offices in Haringey and be sworn in with 25 other people from around the world.”
Our thoughts and prayers are with David Soul’s friends and family at this time.
