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By Tufayel Ahmed
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Alan Thicke, the star of Growing Pains and father of singer Robin Thicke, has died aged 69.
The Canadian actor died suddenly Tuesday after suffering a heart attack while playing hockey with his teenage son, Robin Thicke told the Los Angeles Times.
Robin Thicke, 39, said his father was the "greatest man I ever met" and "always a gentleman."
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Thicke played the patriarch of the Seaver family on ABC's Growing Pains for seven seasons between 1985 and 1992. He recently appeared in small roles in Netflix's Fuller House and NBC's new breakout hit This Is Us.
Just hours before his death, Thicke tweeted about seeing footage from season two of Fuller House, writing:
As well as acting, Thicke shared his son's musical talents, composing several game show theme tunes including the original theme for Wheel of Fortune. He also hosted an eponymous talk show in Canada in the early 1980s.
In more recent years, Thicke gained notoriety for making cameos as himself, including regular appearances in How I Met Your Mother.
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