Roger Smith, Star of ‘77 Sunset Strip,’ Dies at Age 84

Roger Smith, Star of ‘77 Sunset Strip,’ Dies at Age 84 Roger Smith, Star of ‘77 Sunset Strip,’ Dies at Age 84 Actor Roger Smith, who brought glamour to the TV detective genre as a hip private eye on "77 Sunset Strip," has died. He was 84. Jack Gilardi, who is the agent of Smith's widow, actress Ann-Margret, said the actor died Sunday morning at a Los Angeles hospital after battling a terminal illness. Smith had battled the nerve disease myasthenia gravis for many years.