“The guy from “Streets of San Francisco” died earlier today too.”
Karl Malden was an Oscar winning actor from the old Hollywood studio days. He was in Streetcar Named Desire with Vivien Leigh and On The Waterfront with Marlon Brando. He was well known decades before “Streets of San Francisco”.
#3 in terms of celebrities that died today was former Lightweight Boxing champ and Managua, Nicaragua mayor Alexis Arguello.