Cancer's Cruel Grip: Robert Urich's Last Days Revealed

Urich died at a hospital in thousand oaks surrounded by family members and friends, publicist cindy guagenti said. Urich announced in 1996 that he was suffering from. Urich, 55, died at a hospital in thousand oaks surrounded by family members and friends, publicist cindy guagenti said tuesday. He announced in 1996 that he was suffering. Urich, 55, died at a hospital in thousand oaks surrounded by family members and friends, publicist cindy guagenti said tuesday.

Robert urich, whose portrayal of las vegas private detective dan tanna in the hit television show vega$ defined the modern though changing gambling center in the late '70s,. He just completed six months of grueling chemotherapy and radiation treatments in february, losing. Last summer, however, the cancer reemerged. He was in the process of writing an autobiography, an extraordinary life, when he was hospitalized. His wife, actress heather. For hire, has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. For hire, has died after battling cancer.