Here are some of the leaders, newsmakers, sports legends and entertainment greats who have died so far this year.
Sikking died of complications from dementia, his publicist Cynthia Snyder said in a statement Sunday evening.
The acclaimed show was a drama, but Sikking's character's uptight nature and quirks were often used to comic effect. Sikking based his performance on a drill instructor he'd had at basic training when military service cut through his time at the University of California, Los Angeles, from which he graduated in 1959.
“I remember when Howard tried to kill himself. My brother called and asked, ‘You still got a job?’ I said, ‘Yeah,’ and he said, ‘Oh good,’ and then hung up,” Sikking told The Fresno Bee. Aside from “Hill Street Blues,” Sikking played Captain Styles in 1984's “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” He wasn't enthusiastic about the role, but had been lured by the idea that it would take just a day on set.
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