John Mahoney, who played the cranky father on TV show `Frasier,` dies at 77
(LA Times MLB)

John Mahoney, the English actor who became a familiar presence on American television as Kelsey Grammer´s cranky-yet-sensible father on `Frasier,` has died. He was 77. Mahoney died Sunday after being hospitalized in Chicago, where he lived. His death was confirmed by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company,...