Airplane star Peter Graves dies

Last updated 14:17 15/03/2010
Peter Graves
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ON A MISSION: Actor Peter Graves and his wife Joan arrive for a premiere in Beverly Hills, California, in this September 7, 2006 file photo.

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Actor Peter Graves, star of the 1960's television series Mission Impossible and the film Airplane was found dead at his home in Pacific Palisades.

The Los Angeles Police Department said that Graves, who also starred in Billy Wilder's Stalag 17, died of natural causes.

According to IMDB.com he was 83.

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