Date 14/12/2016 - News People
He was a popular ?80s sitcom dad who got his start as a writer on some very influential TV shows, was a notorious failed talk show host, and later in his career often functioned as a cultural shorthand for ?Canadian goofiness.? But there was a lot more to Alan Thicke than that. He spent several years as one of the most iconic 1980s sitcom dads on Growing Pains, and later emerged as one of the most prolific composers of TV theme songs in modern history.
