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Events on Saturday 22 January 1994 1
1922 – 1994Telly Savalas (1922-1994)Died 22 January 1994, aged 72Telly Savalas, the American actor best known for playing the lollipop-loving detective Kojak on television, died of prostate cancer in Los Angeles. The role made him one of the most recognizable TV stars of the 1970s.