伴隨一代人成長的美國老爸去世
Alan Thicke, the Canadian actor, singer and songwriter best remembered for his portrayal of the ultimate suburban middlebrow dispenser of parental advice on the sitcom “Growing Pains,” died on Tuesday in Burbank, Calif. He was 69.
加拿大演員、唱作人艾倫•西克(Alan Thicke)於週三在加利福尼亞州伯班克去世，享年69歲。他留給世人最深刻的記憶，是在情景喜劇《成長的煩惱》(Growing Pains)中扮演的那名普普通通，總是給孩子們提供各種建議的中產階級老爸。
Mr. Thicke was playing hockey with his 19-year-old son, Carter, when he had a heart attack, his ex-wife Gloria Loring said. She added, “He died the way any good Canadian should — playing hockey with his son.”
他的前妻格洛麗亞•洛林(Gloria Loring)說，他在和19歲的兒子卡特(Carter)玩曲棍球的時候突發心臟病。她還表示，“他以真正的加拿大人特有的方式離去——和兒子一起玩曲棍球。”
Mr. Thicke projected a genial warmth across all his television work, most memorably on “Growing Pains,” which ran from 1985 to 1992 on ABC. His character, Dr. Jason Seaver, a psychiatrist, was a classic 1980s formulation of the reassuring father who solved everyone’s problems with a warm homily by the end of each 30-minute episode. The cast also included Joanna Kerns as his wife and Kirk Cameron as his oldest child.
西克在他的所有電視作品中扮演的都是和藹暖心的角色，在《成長的煩惱》中的表演尤爲令人難忘，該劇由ABC播放，從1985年一直播到了1992年。他在劇中扮演的心理醫生傑森•西佛(Jason Seaver)，是上世紀80年代的那種典型的可靠老爸，會在歷時30分鐘的每一集電視劇結尾，以暖心的說教解決每個人的問題。
The role earned Mr. Thicke the nickname America’s Dad. His character was ranked No. 37 on TV Guide’s list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time.”
這個角色讓西克獲得了“美國老爸”的稱號。在《電視指南》(TV Guide)的“50位電視史上最棒的老爸”榜單上，他的角色名列第37位。
Thicke displayed a diversity of talents that included songwriting. He wrote the theme songs for numerous Game shows, including “The Joker’s Wild,” “Celebrity Sweepstakes” and the original “Wheel of Fortune,” and co-wrote the themes for “Diff’rent Strokes” and “The Facts of Life” with Al Burton and Gloria Loring, his first wife.
西克展現了多種多樣的天分，其中一項是詞曲創作。他爲許多遊戲節目寫過主題歌，包括《小丑的狂野》(The Joker’s Wild)、《名人抽獎》(Celebrity Sweepstakes)以及最初的《命運之輪》(Wheel of Fortune)。他還跟阿爾•伯頓(Al Burton)以及第一任妻子麗亞•洛林合寫過《小淘氣》(Diff’rent Strokes)和《生活實況》(Facts of Life)的主題歌。
His career included stints as a talk-show host (his “Thicke of the Night” lasted from 1983-84), a soap opera star (he appeared on “The Bold and the Beautiful”) and a game show host. He also played himself in appearances on the television show “How I Met Your Mother.”
他當過脫口秀主持人（他的《西克之夜》[Thicke of the Night]從1983年播到1984年）、肥皂劇明星（他曾出演《大膽而美麗》[The Bold and the Beautiful]）和遊戲節目主持人。他還曾在電視劇《老爸老媽的浪漫史》(How I Met Your Mother)裏扮演他自己。
He was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards and for a Golden Globe Award in 1988 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy/Musical series for “Growing Pains.” He was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1998 for Outstanding Audience Participation/Game Show for “Pictionary.”
他獲得過黃金時段艾美獎提名，並於1988年憑藉《成長的煩惱》獲得了金球獎喜劇／音樂劇類最佳男主角提名。他還在1998年憑藉《你畫我猜》(Pictionary)獲得了日間艾美獎最佳觀衆參與/遊戲節目大獎提名。
He had been a head writer on the satirical talk show “Fernwood 2 Night,” which was a spinoff from “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” Thicke was a host of the annual Disney Christmas Parade with Joan Lunden in the 1980s, the Miss Universe pageant and the Canadian Comedy Awards.
他曾是諷刺類脫口秀《Fernwood 2 Night》的首席撰稿人，該節目由《Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman》衍生而來。西克在上世紀80年代和瓊•倫登(Joan Lunden)一起主持過每年一度的迪士尼聖誕巡遊活動，他還主持過環球小姐大賽以及加拿大喜劇獎頒獎典禮。
Thicke was born on March 1, 1947, in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, as Alan Willis Jeffrey.
西克於1947年 3月1日出生在安大略省柯克蘭湖，本名叫艾倫•維利斯•傑弗裏(Alan Willis Jeffrey)。
He wrote “How To Raise Kids Who Won’t Hate You” and “How Men Have Babies: The Pregnant Father’s Survival Guide.”
他著有《怎樣培養不怨恨你的孩子》(How To Raise Kids Who Won't Hate You)和《男人如何養孩子：孕夫生存指南》(How Men Have Babies: The Pregnant Father's Survival Guide)。
In addition to his son Robin, Thicke is survived by two other sons, Brennan and Carter, and his wife, Tanya Callau. Two previous marriages ended in divorce.
除了羅賓(Robin)，西克身後還留下了另外兩個兒子——布倫南(Brennan)和卡特——以及妻子塔尼婭 •卡洛(Tanya Callau)。他的前兩次婚姻都以離婚收場。
