Michael DeLano, the actor and singer who in the 1970s played a Los Angeles firefighter alongside James Drury on ABC’s Firehouse and lounge singer Johnny Venture alongside Valerie Harper on CBS’ Rhoda, has died. He was 84 years old.
DeLano had a heart attack and died Oct. 20 in a Las Vegas hospital, Jean Delano, his wife of 28 years and partner of 38 years, told the Hollywood Reporter.
A Las Vegas resident since 1992, the charismatic DeLano starred as a casino manager in the heist film Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and the sequel Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and sang standards as a regular performer at the old-school Dispensary Lounge on Tropicana Avenue until recently.
