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| | 'Bewitched' TV Actor Dick Sargent, 64, Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | In 1969, after parts on several failed sitcoms, Sargent replaced the late Dick York in the role of Darrin Stephens on ABC's "Bewitched." York, who left after five seasons because of a debilitating back injury and an addiction to painkillers, died in 1992 at age 63 of emphysema and a degenerative spinal condition. |
 | | Sargent, the son of a World War I hero and a former silent film actress, was born Richard Cox. |
 | | As Dick Sargent, he began on the big screen in the late 1950s with roles in such forgettable films as "Bernardine" and "Mardi Gras." In 1959, he was seen with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis in the wartime comedy "Operation Petticoat." Later movies included "That Touch of Mink," "Captain Newman M.D.," "The Ghost and Mr. |
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