Mission Impossible Star Dies

Jani Norman — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:04:11 GMT

March 15, 2010

Peter Graves, Spymaster and Host, Is Dead at 83

By MICHAEL POLLAK

Peter Graves, the cool spymaster of television s Mission Impossible and the dignified host of the Biography series, who successfully spoofed his own gravitas in the Airplane movie farces, died Sunday. He was 83.

He died of a heart attack at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., said Fred Barman, his business manager.

It was a testament to Mr. Graves s earnest, unhammy ability to make fun of him... [ More ]