Video -- Peter Falk Dies, We Remember Him

Peter Falk was a actor's actor. Cemented that reputation on stage and in the films of his friends John Cassavettes, Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands.

On TV he was Columbo. He made a beige trenchcoat the lack of an iron a trademark. The clip above from a 1973 episode features Jackie Cooper, who we also lost recently.

Falk's final years were rough, dementia encroached and his wife was then named the conservator of his estate. If there's relief for his family at all it's that he's no longer suffering.

Falk was 83 and is survived by wife Shera Danese Falk and two daughters from his first marriage to Alice Mayo, Catherine and Jackie.