Darren McGavin dies at age 83 Lovable grouch was best known for portraying detective Mike Hammer and monster-hunting newspaperman Carl Kolchak. By Colin Mahan, Monday, February 27, 2006 'Night Stalker' Star Darren McGavin Dies (external) "Darren McGavin, an Emmy-winning actor who worked almost constantly in television for almost 50 years and made an enduring mark on popular culture as the grizzled has-been crime reporter in the 1970s series 'Kolchak: The Night Stalker,' has died. He was 83." Source: Zap2It, Monday, February 27, 2006

Ratings don't stalk 'Night' (external) "'Joey' may be not be doin' much, but at least Joey Tribbiani had one good millennium." Source: E! Online, Wednesday, October 5, 2005