Around the world, Roger E. Mosley was known as helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin from the 1980s TV series "Magnum, P.I." But in the Los Angeles area, he also was known as something else: a high school track and field coach who cultivated the talent and changed the lives of student athletes over three decades.
Mosley died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. from injuries he sustained in a car crash Thursday in Lynwood, his daughter, Ch-a Mosley, told the Los Angeles Times. He was 83.
After the crash, which left him paralyzed from the shoulders down, Mosley was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood and then transferred to Cedars-Sinai. His death was first reported by Rich Gonzalez of PrepCalTrack, which covers high school track and field in California.
