found: New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 21, 2016(in obituary published Mar. 18: Joe Santos; b. Joseph John Minieri Jr., June 9, 1931, Brooklyn; his father died on the day he was born; his mother was married for a time to a Puerto Rican-born singer, Daniel Santos, and her son took his name; reared in the Red Hook section; d. Friday [Mar. 18, 2016], Santa Monica, Calif., aged 84; sturdily built, unpretentious character actor who had a memorable role as the overworked detective Dennis Becker on the popular 1970s drama The Rockford files; appeared also in movies)
