He played Dr. Rudy Wells on the 1970s ABC series and its spinoff, 'The Bionic Woman.'

“Richard became a dear and loyal friend, and I have never met a man like him,” Lee Majors said in a statement Thursday.

On this day in 1975: Six Million Dollar Man - First appearance of Bionic Woman 😍 Chicago Daily News TV. March 16, 1975 @OSI_Files

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Remember when westerns and science fiction were the most popular genres on television? And when Sonny & Cher were still a duo?

Here's wishing a very fine 76th birthday (born April 1939) to the great Lee Majors, the original Six Million Dollar Man, and hero to millions of 70s Star Kids.

Lindsay Wagner was one of the hottest blonde bombshells of the 1970s thanks to her hit TV show Bionic Woman about a woman who is rebuilt bionically after sky-diving accident.

As Oscar Goldman, the New jersey native was the boss of both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, winning legions of fans in the 1970s.