on Mental Illness. In 1998, the UC Irvine College of Medicine's Brain Imaging Center Committee awarded Connors the Silver Ribbon Award for his contributions. Connors made a public-service announcement for the Armenian Eye Care Project. Connors was a Republican. He endorsed Ronald Reagan for President in 1980 and 1984 and endorsed George Deukmejian for Governor of California in 1982 and 1986. Death Connors died in Tarzana, California, at the age of 91 on January 26, 2017, a week after being diagnosed with leukemia. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References Further reading External links Mike Connors (Aveleyman) 1925 births 2017 deaths American male television actors American male film actors 20th-century American male actors Male actors from Fresno, California Male actors from Los Angeles Armenian male actors American people of Armenian descent Best Drama Actor Golden Globe (television) winners Western (genre) television actors California Republicans American men's basketball players UCLA Bruins men's basketball players United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II United States Army Air Forces soldiers Military personnel from California Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in California