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Frank Bonner, Brash Salesman on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ Dies at 79 - The New York Times
Jun 18, 2021 1 min, 1 sec
He played the memorably obnoxious Herb Tarlek for all four seasons of the popular sitcom set at a radio station, and reprised the role on a sequel show a decade later.

Frank Bonner, the actor best known for playing Herb Tarlek, the brash salesman with an affection for plaid polyester suits, on the popular television comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died on Wednesday at his home in Laguna Niguel, Calif., south of Los Angeles.

His daughter, Desiree Boers-Kort, said the cause was complications of Lewy body dementia.

Bonner reprised the role of Herb on the syndicated sequel “The New WKRP in Cincinnati” in the early 1990s.

Frank Bonner was born Frank Woodrow Boers Jr.

His Hollywood career began in 1967 and picked up steam in 1970 with roles in the film “Equinox” and on the TV series “The Young Lawyers” and “Nancy.” He appeared on “Mannix,” “Police Woman,” “Fantasy Island” and other shows before landing the career-defining role of Herb Tarlek.

Bonner got a kick out of Herb’s ill-advised wardrobe, his daughter said, because he knew that the character’s style was “one of the things that people loved about him.” She said he kept some of Herb’s distinctive white belts when the show ended

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