28 Aug 1943 - 4 Jan 2024 (80 years)

David Soul was an American and British actor and singer in a career spanning five decades. He first rose to prominence for portraying Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the American television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979. Soul also had moderate success as a film actor when he portrayed Officer John Davis in Magnum Force in 1973.

He also found success as a singer, achieving a number one single in the US in 1977 with "Don't Give Up on Us", which also peaked at number one in the UK and Canada. Soul achieved a further four top 10 entries and an additional number one single on the UK Singles Chart with "Silver Lady".