Peter Falk: Actor famous for playing scruffy TV detective Columbo, a role for which he won four Emmys, The Independent

Sporting his own old raincoat, bought for £15 in 1967 when he was caught in a shower in New York, chomping on a cigar and driving around in a battered 1959 Peugeot 403, Peter Falk turned Columbo, of the Los Angeles Police Department
Sporting his own old raincoat, bought for £15 in 1967 when he was caught in a shower in New York, chomping on a cigar and driving around in a battered 1959 Peugeot 403, Peter Falk turned Columbo, of the Los Angeles Police Department's homicide bureau, into one of television's most enduring detectives – and certainly the shabbiest.

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MeTV - On this day in 2011, we said goodbye to the legendary Peter Falk. Falk's career spanned five decades and included two Oscar nominations, five Emmy wins, and one Golden Globe

Columbo star Peter Falk dies at 83