Starsky & Hutch star David Soul pitched his return to reboot of iconic show just months before his death at 80
ICONIC actor David Soul had pitched a plan to return to the beloved 1970s series Starsky & Hutch just months before he died at age 80.
Soul died at a hospital in on Thursday, his wife, Helen Snell, announced.
Starsky's bright red-colored Ford Gran Torino, nicknamed Striped Tomato," overshadowed Hutch's battered tan Ford Galaxie 500.
The original duo of Soul and Glaser even made a cameo appearance in the 2004 movie.
Decades after the final episode aired on ABC in August 1979, Soul pitched the idea of returning as Starsky and Glaser, reprising his role as Hutch.
"Every article mentions the 'original' actors by name. So why not just reboot Paul and me - as a couple of old farts solving piddly-ass crimes at the assisted living facility where we would now live?" Soul wrote on , formerly Twitter, in February 2023.
"Who can do Starsky and Hutch better than him and me?"
However, Soul's dreams would never come to fruition as he died on Thursday from a long-term illness, a family member told .
Soul's wife said her husband died after a "valiant battle for life."
"David Soul - beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother - died yesterday after a valiant battle for life in the loving company of family," a heartbroken Snell wrote.
The reboot is being developed by Fox, according to the outlet.
Fox Entertainment president Michael Thorn told The Hollywood Reporter that he expects to have at least two scripts from the writers before deciding on the reboot.