Airwolf star Alex Cord dies at 88

The Hollywood Reporter

Cord is best known for portraying the eyepatch-wearing Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, better known by the code name Archangel, on the 1980s CBS action drama. Before becoming an actor, Cord overcame his left leg becoming paralyzed after he was stricken at age 12 with polio to become a rodeo rider. He starred opposite Angie Dickinson on the 1983 NBC crime drama Cassie and Co. He also appeared on Naked City, Route 66, Mission: Impossible, Police Story, Fantasy Island, Simon & Simon and Walker, Texas Ranger.