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        <title><![CDATA[‘Carol Burnett Show’ star Lyle Waggoner dead at 84]]></title>
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            <media:title type="html">‘Carol Burnett Show’ star Lyle Waggoner dead at 84</media:title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lyle Waggoner, best known for his roles as Steve Trevor on the 1970s TV adaptation of “Wonder Woman” and for his seven-year stint on <strong>“The Carol Burnett”</strong> show, has died. He was 84.</p><p>TMZ, <strong>who first reported the news</strong>, said that Waggoner died peacefully at his home Tuesday with his wife and sons near. Sources close to his family said he had been battling an illness.</p><p>Waggoner’s CV is fascinating for both its hits and misses. Following a brief stint in the Army, he spent time selling encyclopedias, and, after catching the acting bug in a Kansas City production of “Lil’ Abner,” <strong>formed his own sales organization</strong> to finance a trip to LA.</p><p>Early on, Waggoner worked the typical ’60s actor circuit, appearing on shows like “Gunsmoke” and “Lost in Space.” He was purportedly a finalist for the lead role in “Batman,” but lost to Adam West. In 1967, he landed his role on “The Carol Burnett Show,” where he remained for seven years. A year before leaving, he was the centerfold in Playgirl’s first regular issue.</p><p>Waggoner also notched roles on ’70s mainstays like “Maude” before landing his other defining role, that of Steve Trevor — and his son — on the Lynda Carter-anchored “Wonder Woman” in 1975.</p><p>Archetypically handsome, mustachioed, and not afraid to go shirtless, Waggoner was a sort of ur-Tom Selleck, and appeared in a wide range of ’80s TV like “Charlie’s Angels,” “Happy Days,” “Mork &amp; Mindy,” “The Golden Girls,” “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” and “Murder, She Wrote.”</p><p>Waggoner pivoted from onscreen work to running Star Waggons, a company he founded that rented custom trailers for talent to use on-set, eventually <strong>building a fleet of over 800 vehicles</strong>. Later in life, he began sculpting and had several pieces displayed in galleries near his home in Jackson, Wyoming.</p><p>Despite being frequently typecast as a lothario, Waggoner remained married to wife Sharon Kennedy from 1961. The couple had two sons, Jason and Beau.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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