The Infidel

Wow. Just saw him a couple days ago on one of the new episodes of Fuller House. Apparently he had a heart attack while playing hockey with his son.

RIP

VHS?

Just read on TMZ
Just saw him on episode of Fuller House the other night.

The Cow

Woah, just saw him as a guest on the Rich Eisen show a week ago.

RIP

dex14

Another major TV parent gone.

DJariya

Damn. This one stings. Alan Thicke was awesome. Growing Pains was one of my favorites growing up in the 80's. I loved Jason Seaver.

This one really hurts.

Deadman31

Does it really hurt that much?

Cellar Door

Rest in peace, Mr. Seaver.

bluetoast

Damn.

Count Dooku

movieguru

RIP. Surprised he died being still relatively young. He always seemed to be in good health and physically fit.

Count Dooku

JackoOnHisBacko

Finally, I get a shot at Maggie Seaver.

Cardsfan111

Sad news and completely out of the blue.



Edit to add: He just tweeted less than 4 hours ago. Wonder if this was a tweet scheduled ahead of time?

OldBoy

So sad. Loved Growing Pains, even during the Leo year...

Groucho

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cake Boss and Ice T should be put in protective custody until the end of the year.

DJariya

I think it's probably a Tweet from his Assistant or Social Media team. Notice that it's plugging Fuller House. Original story said he went to the hospital around 11am-ish.

Coral

Coincidentally, my father passed away last week - so I'm not sure if he's included in this new parent/dies in 3s scenario... or if we're going to see another major TV parent gone soon.

Trevor

So sorry to hear about that Coral.

DJariya

Most of you probably aren't aware, but Alan Thicke co-wrote and sang on the opening theme for Diff'rent Strokes.



He also wrote the theme for The Facts of Life, which his wife sang.


The guy was talented coming up with 80's theme songs.

Cardsfan111

My condolences to you, Coral.

Mike86

I used to like Growing Pains and always thought he was a decent comedic actor. RIP.

brayzie

That's awful.

Same here. His portrayal of Jason Seaver was cool, up there with Michael Gross' Steven Keaton.

JasonF

Fucking 2016. It should have been Kirk Cameron.

astrochimp

Sorry to hear that Coral.

Lord Zarak

Mike here. I hust saw that episode too, and he was also on "This Is Us" in a great supporting role to help establish Kevin's character. I grew up with Growing Pains (even still have the trading cards somewhere)