Dick Van Patten
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Dick Van Patten, who is known for his role in popular television series "Eight is Enough" died in Santa Monica, California, on Tuesday, 23 June, due to diabetes complications. He was 86.

The actor had mesmerised the audience with his performance as loving father Tom Bradford in the popular ABC comedy-drama series from 1977 to 1981 and has also appeared in many TV shows and films.

Some of his notable shows include "Mama" (1949–1957) and "Young Dr. Malone" (1961–62) and "When Things Were Rotten" (1975).

He is also known for his roles in movies like "Soylent Green" (1973), "High Anxiety" (1977), "Spaceballs" (1987) and others.

The actor was last seen in a Christian direct-to-video pro-life film, "Sarah's Choice", in 2009, in which he appeared as Pastor Smith.

Patten, a known animal lover, has also said some inspiring quotes on animals.

Check out some of his quotes below:

The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong.

We're feeding all these zoos. And that's getting bigger and bigger.

To be hungry must be awful.

We donate a lot of food to rescue organizations.

I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not treated that well. It's very hard to find that kind of loyalty and love and affection in human beings.

We waited until we perfected the dog food, and then we worked on the cat food. Even though it's not going through the roof the way the dog food is, I think it will catch on eventually.

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