he was america's dad for years on "growing pains" now actor allen thicke is gone forever. ♪ >> thickeortedly had a heart attack while playing hockey with his 19-year-old son. according to la times his final words were spent complementing the teen on a nice shot. >> patriarch dr. severe on growing pains for 7 seasons. his co-star joanna kerns tweeted out i love allen. he was one of the funniest men i have ever known. we shared a life changing effect. >> from fuller how is she has known him since 8 years old. actor rob lowe says allen thicke was one of the fysest guys in our business. he loved his family and hockey and a shocking, sad loss. >> speaking of hock he couldn't, the edmonton oilers with this throw back photo of thicke and hockey legend wayne gretzky. this is heartbreaking. pop singer robin thicke speaking to the la times calling his father the greatest man i ever me met. allan thicke was just 69 years old. back to you guys. >> those team songs and those shows. it brings it all back, doesn't it? >> i watched every episode of "growing pains." >> thank you. >> dna testing could

all allen thicke died suddenly this evening.inds of reaction. >>> plus new information about the wild police chase at the heart of rush hour tonight. a woman in handcuffs driving a stolen cruiser into virginia and workers planning to strike tomorrow at two of our major airports. the impact it could have and what they're demanding. >>> and first up tonight that breaking news on i-95 in maryland. we sent you the alert on our nbc washington app. we show you the traffic getting by slowly now in both directions after a tractor-trailer crashed near the icc in laurel. this is on the northbound side. both directions were closed at one point tonight. a helicopter landed to take one person to the hospital. prince george's county fire officials say one adult and one child have life threatening injuries. two other people were hurt. we're still working to get more information, but expect the cleanup northbound to last a while. >>> now to the breaking news we told you about live at 6:00. a woman in handcuffs leads police on a wild chase from

tmz is reporting that allen thick has died. he had a heart attack this afternoon while playing hockey with one of his sons. thicke is best known as the star of the 1980 sitcoms growing pains and a song writer that composed that theme song. allen thicke was 69 years old. >> the push to have free tuition in city colleges in san francisco led to an unusual protest at city hall. tara moriarty says there was no chanting or yelling just christmas carols. >> they are not your typical city hall protestors. these demonstrators ditched the usual picket sides and bullhorns. >> for sheet music and singing. >> they knocked on supervisor's doors. >> and a caroling they went. >> all in the fight to make san francisco city college free. >> going to city college opened up a world. >> actor danny glover supports the mission that chooses money generated from prop w to make classes at city college free. >> it is preserving. >> connie ford a graduate of city college says mayor ed lee wants to use the funds for other leads. >> we are saying a promis

it is a quote from mother trees a ellen degeneres also tweeting, america loved allen thick, i'm so saddest'se. sending so much love to his family. >>> and, from hip hop mogel russell simmons there is message, rest in peace to my brother allen thick, the worlds has lost an icon. >> bill cosby already back, the fireworks that happened, tell you more about that during day one of his hearing. >> and while president-elect donald trump continues to name his cabinet, it is the meeting with kanye west. certainly has a lot of people talking this morning. "good day" starts right after this. with advil, you'll ask what bad knee? what throbbing head? advil makes pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain? advil. >> this morning following breaking news, one neighborhood, two shootings, hours apart, violent night in one section of philadelphia. >>> and then bill cosby, what he says walking into court. >> he'll be back this morning, the fireworks happened during day one every his hearing. >> and while president trump continues to name his cabinet, the meeting with kanye west ye

. >>> pretty big shock, remembering one of tv's favorite dads, allen thick, has died.just 69. >> got us through the grown pains, good to have you with us, halfway through the week,

allen thick -- alan thicke is remembered, this morning, he died yesterday at the age of 69.was playing hockey, which he loves to do, played it almost every day, playing with his 19 year old son. "tmz" report the actor had a heart attack on the ice, one of the most famous roles was of course jason fever on growing pains. he was also quite the songwriter, who wrote the theme for his own show. and the different strokes show. he also wrote the original song for wheel-of-fortune. he did a lot of those songs with his first wife. she was a tv soap opera star, gloria luring. he then went onto divorce her and married i think miss world at one point. >> oh, okay. >> he hosed beauty pageants. >> he was only 69. >> yes, yes. >> and his wife, healthy. and we've seen him lately over the last couple of years doing those what tax commercials? >> and he's also made cameos on shows, like this is us, netflix shows, full house, cameo on that. >> and he started as a talk show holes. he lived in canada. talk show host in canada came here the late 80s to try to take on johnny carson's tonight show

he is vice-president of pickly garden and that's where allen thicke was skate canning on the west coastrday and several hours later we heard he passed away. you heard darren's description and how do you know you are having a heart attack and help someone in that condition. we will have a practicing cardiologist join us after the break. dinner robber >> continuing our coverage of the sudden death of actor alan thicke. you heard someone who witness withed the medical emergency that happened around this time. we are bringing in dr. campbell who is a guest of our program. we talk often. what a sud issen, devastating thing. and you heard the description by darren who worked in the rink. alan thick e was feeling poorly and they called 911 and but he was talking and he gave thumbs up and he was not expecting to it get the news as he passed away. is that typical? >> it is not uncommon to have chest pain andan gina and shortness of breath and nausea that he experienced. what that is a blockage to the artery to the heart that is closing. and it completely close and you have a heart attack that pr

tmz reports that allen thick suffered heart attack while hockey with his 19-year-old so son. he was on fuller house. thick career in show pistol was really illustrative. hosting gym show talk show and writing theme song including growing pains. wheel of fortune and different stroke. thick was the if as to singer robin thicke. he was 69 years old. >> heated courtroom argument erupted today pitting pros can can youtors against defense attorneys for bill csby for sexually assaulting a woman at his home back in 2000 4. pros can youtors plan to cull as many as 13 women to say that cosby also assaulted them over the course of several decade. cosby defense team wants them barred from testifying. 79-year-old entertainer due to good on trillion next year. >>> we follow new development out of sir yeah. evacuation set to dpn within hours in eastern where intense fighting has left humanitarian crisis. earlier today rebel leaders sent text message to residents announcing surrender and cease fire. video comes amid reports of massacre and firing squad by forces loyal to president assa assad

allen thick's widow expressing her grief in her first public statement since his death.ya thicke released a statement yesterday, just one day after alan's funeral, 40 year old model saying quote unquote it is with gut wrenching sadness and unbelievable grief that i thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for the outpouring of love and support during this unimaginable time. >> the 69 year old actor died last tuesday of a heart attack while playing ice hockey with his son. >> 6:18. families of the victims of the orlando night club shooting have filed a federal civil lawsuit. they're suing twitter, facebook, and google. the suit claims the sites provided material support to this the islam lake state, helped omar mat teen, goes on to say without the three web platforms, isis would not be able to spread its propaganda, raise funds, attract new recruit. pledged allegiance, owned fire inside the gay night club killing 49 people. coming up at 7:30, we will bring in legal analyst ken rotweiler to discuss this precedent that this lawsuit could set. >> sioux facebook, google, tw

. >>> pretty big shock, remembering one of tv's favorite dads, allen thick, has died. he was just 69. >> got us through the grown pains, good to have you with us, halfway through the week, i'm thomas drayton. >> i'm karen hepp, good morning, everybody. good morning, everybody. >> we do have an important warning for folks just waking up right now it, has to do with the weather, sue, so we will get to you in a second. but we do have code blue, out in bucks county for today. one of the first declarations of the season from them. it starts today. it is going to run all the way through saturday. >> we should know that on call churches plan to activate their emergency shelters. though churches listed on your screen coordinate transportation, temporary shelter, food, and other necessities for those in need. it is very important to remember the temperatures, they're only going to get worse over the next several days. so let's get right to sue. >> it is tonight that we take the big plunge, so during the day today, we will gave you a seven out of ten, things today will be a lot

allen thick air lot of people grew up by his character.ch a lot of growing pains but i did enjoy his performances looking back on those episodes i remember interviewing him for a movie over the years and he's been aright hand a long, long time. thick was rushed to the hospital in burbank california where he was pronounced dead unfortunately and most recently part of the netflix reboot fuller house and survived by three sons including singer robin thick. paula tweeted this. she never references alan thicke in this tweet and the love for mother theresa and connection with his son robin thick and john legend tweeted and said he got to know him through robin. he was always so kind to me so sad to hear many celebrities chimed in including ellen degeneres and america loved him i'm sad he's gone. sending so much love to his family. i have to say, you know, i've been doing this job since 2005 i had the honor of sitting down with him in 2009 i believe i have a photo of him and i and i interviewed him for this rhawn. y r rated comedy there's him an

other taken too soon were growing pains dad allen thick -- alan thicke, and known for star track filmn wilder, and brady bunch mom, florence henderson. other icons who left us include director garry marshall, 60 minutes correspondent more i safer, author harper lee, first laden and actress nancy reagan, zsa zsa gabor, boxing legend muhammad ali. >> in hill wood, michelle polino, fox news. >> so many great ones, 4:52, boys health battle inspires christmas wish. >> how he's helping out other kids and making their day so much brighter. gah! look at us. we're rapidly losing credibility as handymen. mom washed our clothes. one wash with tide pods and we're right back where we started. we look like catalogue models! who trusts a clean handyman anyway? yeah! turns out it was just dirt left there by our old liquid detergent. that's gross! they had built up a respectable, dingy character over the past couple washes. we earned that dinge! look how good we look! we can't look this good! dinge is the dirt the bargain detergent can't get to. tide pods can. it's got to be tide. honey nut cheerios g

when you think about, allen thicke, "growing pains," mrs. brady, such great movies. zsa zsa gabor.nic figures from a generation that some of the young folks may not even remember except for tvland but they had a very impact on many of our lives. >> also in a period of time when pop culture was exploding. you had television and movies and so you became familiar with a whole greater number of people. when they die, people like anne haggerty who you watch on grizzly adams and alan rickman, there's so many folks out there that we are familiar with because of pop culture and when they die you become more aware of it. >> also nischelle turner i mean muhammad ali. >> yes. >> you know, gosh i mean, celebrity just one of his many, many things and titles that he embodies. i mean that is a moment when america came together and -- and remembered and honored what he did for all of us. >> absolutely. and i was at that funeral, and you're right i mean his celebrity was one that crossed every single genre. sports, politics, of, of acting, of -- and -- and i remember at his funeral thinking there a

we all love him favenlts in mourning over the sudden death of one of america's favorite tv dad, allen thickeeaction is pouring out this morning. >> what ad you will not be seeing for the first time in decades. fox & friends first starts right now. >> it is a beautiful day to be alive. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday morning. i am healtheder childers. thank you for starting your day with us. donald trump taking a major vik victory lap in wisconsin saying thank you to voters. >> this -- two spots left. >> two spots left. after 7 weeks lots of talks. in the two spots there are plenty of names being thrown around, too. you remember back during the campaign wisconsin was one of the big wins for president elect trump on election night. it was the first time a republican presidential candidate won the state since 1984. last night's rally rex tillerson hold a rally.

deaths of george michael, carrie fisher and debbie reynolds on the heels of the loss of tv dad allen thickeine tribute showing those we lost in 2016 is going viral. grieving fans fed up, tweeting enough, 2016. >> in living color on nbc. >> reporter: seven decades after televisions brought celebrity culture and the dawn of rock and roll into our living rooms we're feeling the absence of a large class of aging stars we grew up with. >> it's a perception, not a fact that there's been more celebrity deaths. >> reporter: this socialologist studies celebrity death culture. >> the caliber of stars that died was the a list. >> in a year when screens were full of violence and rhetoric. we lost the calming voice of america's mom. ♪ there is no life i know to compare to pure imagination ♪ >> reporter: and wished willie wonka fare well. >> when a celebrity dies and they've been a source of stability, it's definitely a phenomenon that people feel everything's falling to pieces. >> reporter: while they may no longer be with us, the songs, the characters and the moments they gave us will never be forgotte

well, allen thick died yesterday. alan thicke, at the age of 69, he had a heart attack at an ice rink, playing hockey, i know his son, 19 year old son was playing who can which him at the time. >> thomas we know he was a big hockey began for sure. >> apparently his last words to his son according to his middle child's robin was, he told his son, great shot. then he suddenly collapsed. show me that smile again, goes back to 1987. tuesday night, certainly, the time to watch growing pains. he was known as the father. he played jason receiver, and sadly as we mentioned he died living to up his role life role as a father. tms reported he had a heart attack while playing who can which his son. we mentioned his son, middle child, robin thicke, very famous singer, he's pictured here, you're to see, with his dad and his brother, carter. we'll have that in a moment. meanwhile, tributes are pouring in, john legend tweeting i grew up watching him so sad to hear about his passing. also, in another tweet, broadway star, remembers a

we learning more about allen thick's -- alan thicke's cause of death. according to the death certificate, died of ruptured aorta, he was playing ice hockey with his youngest son carter which he normally did. died shortly after being taken to the hospital. alan thicke 69 years old. >>> north carolina's controversial bathroom bill is not going anywhere any time soon. >> the state's republican controlled legislature rejected a bid to repeal the law that restricts transgender public bathroom access. >> so, thomas, give us some more details on this. >> a lot of back and forth, the big question, do you have the right to use the public bathroom of your choosing? that question right there, has ignite add fire storm of criticism against north carolina signed by the governor in march, actually called pb -- hb2, the bathroom bill, bans people from using public bathrooms that don't correspond to their biological sex as listed on their birth certificate. now even though republican state lawmakers passed it earlier this year, they tried unsuccessfully to repeal it. b

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