Actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71
{{date|December 14, 2006}}
[[Image:Everybodylovesraymond.jpg|right|160px|thumb|Ray ([[w:Ray Romano|Ray Romano]]) left, Robert ([[w:Brad Garrett|Brad Garrett]]) center, and Frank ([[w:Peter Boyle|Peter Boyle]]) right on the popular sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''.]]

American actor [[w:Peter Boyle|Peter Boyle]], well known for his "Holy Crap!" role on ''[[w:Everybody Loves Raymond|Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', died Tuesday from [[w:Bone marrow|Bone marrow]] cancer at the age of 71 at [[w:NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital|New York Presbyterian Hospital]] in [[w:Manhattan|Manhattan, New York]]. He suffered from bone marrow cancer and [[w:heart disease|heart disease]].

Boyle suffered a stroke in 1990. He also had a heart attack while taping an episode of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' in 1999.

Boyle played the character [[w:Frank Barone|Frank Barone]], who is the father of [[w:Ray Barone|Ray Barone]] (played by [[w:Ray Romano|Ray Romano]]), on '' Everybody Loves Raymond''. The sitcom ran from 1996 to 2005.

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|pub=International Herald Tribune
|date=December 14, 2006}}
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Ray Romano) left, Robert (Brad Garrett) center, and Frank (Peter Boyle) right on the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.

American actor Peter Boyle, well known for his "Holy Crap!" role on Everybody Loves Raymond, died Tuesday from Bone marrow cancer at the age of 71 at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York. He suffered from bone marrow cancer and heart disease.

Boyle suffered a stroke in 1990. He also had a heart attack while taping an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond in 1999.

Boyle played the character Frank Barone, who is the father of Ray Barone (played by Ray Romano), on  Everybody Loves Raymond. The sitcom ran from 1996 to 2005.
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