who passed away Oct. 11, 2022.Lansbury garnered 12 consecutive Emmy nominations for her starring role in “Murder, She Wrote” as sleuthing mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, who solved murders in the seaside community of Cabot Cove, Maine, and never let her late-in-life fame as a best-selling novelist go to her head.

The series, which aired from 1984 to 1996 on CBS, co-starred Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper, William Windom as Dr. Seth Hazlitt, Ron Masak as Sheriff Mort Metzger — and starting in Season 8, Herthum, who played Deputy Andy Broom for the show’s final five seasons. (He replaced Will Nye, who played Deputy Floyd.)Herthum previously appeared on “Murder, She Wrote” as other characters (opposite Jerry Ohrbach, who played private investigator Harry McGraw — later to star in his own series — and guest star Elliott Gould).

He said his first hint of Lansbury’s generosity occurred during his first season as a regular on the show.“I remember we were out on the lake in Cabot Cove [on the Universal lot] and Angela had been nominated for another Emmy,” Herthum told The Post. “I sent her a telegram just wishing her a much-deserved nomination and congratulations.“We were waiting for her to arrive on set to shoot a scene — there were other people around — and I feel these two hands on my shoulders from behind and she whispers in my ear, ‘Thank you so much for your lovely telegram.’ I was like, ‘Holy moley.’ But that was the kind of person she was.“She was warm and funny and she would sing songs from [theatrical] shows she had done.

She was just so lovely.”Herthum also cited Lansbury’s graciousness.“I had her e-mail address and I would always send her an e-mail on her birthday,” he said.

‘Murder, She Wrote’ co-star remembers the late Angela Lansbury on her birthday

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