Jan-Michael Vincent Dead at 73

Jan-Michael Vincent Dead at 73

80s heartthrob Jan-Michael Vincent has passed away.

Jan-Michael Vincent, the former star of “Airwolf,” died on February 10 at the age of 73. Read on for more details…

Jan-Michael Vincent Dead at 73CelebNHealth247.com reports that Jan-Michael Vincent will be forever remembered for his two-year run with the CBS hit, “Airwolf.”

Jan-Michael Vincent had everything going for him, he was good looking, he was on a hit series and making major money, but with fame came parties and drugs.

In 2014, it was reported that his struggles with drugs and alcohol for several years now. In fact, it became so bad that his leg had to be amputated twice due to infection.

Fox News reports

Jan-Michael Vincent, the actor best known for playing Stringfellow Hawke in “Airwolf,” died on February 10 at the age of 73. TMZ was the first to report on Vincent’s tragic passing on March 8. Vincent’s cause-of-death is listed as cardiac arrest. The TMZ report says that Vincent passed away in North Carolina.

Vincent will be forever remembered for his two-year run with the CBS hit, “Airwolf.” During his time on the show, Vincent was pulling in $200,000 per episode. The CBS series made Vincent a massive star and at the time was reportedly the highest-paid actor back in those days.

TMZ noted “Airwolf” lasted only a couple of seasons largely in part to Vincent’s cocaine abuse.

The last movies were “The Thundering 8th” and “Escape to Grizzly Mountain” in 2000 and lastly “White Boy” in 2002. He -took the role of a youngster sometimes with alcohol addiction in several films. The former heartthrob’s final role was in 2002’s “White Boy.”

No autopsy was performed and that Vincent has been cremated.