LOS ANGELES - James Garner's publicist says the veteran TV and film star has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a minor stroke at his home last week.

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Publicist Jennifer Allen said Tuesday that the star of "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files" was hospitalized Friday. Allen says Garner is doing well and will be going home soon.

Garner, who turned 80 last month, rose to prominence in the 1950s as "Maverick," a wry riverboat gambler who, unlike his TV contemporaries, would often run rather than fight.

He's better known to younger audiences for playing Katey Sagal's father in the sitcom "8 Simple Rules ... For Dating My Teenage Daughter


he made a movie here in town. when my older nephew was little, and my nephew got a pic autograph with him, as he was filming a movie a few blocks from my sisters house

i cant belive he is 80, damn where have the years gone

The rockford files, war movies, he has been in so many things, great actor.