Michael Cole, the last surviving star of “The Mod ... III and Peggy Lipton for the television series, ‘The Mod Squad,’ c. 1968. (Photo by ABC/Hulton Archive/Courtesy of Getty Images) Cole ...

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By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Michael Cole, who portrayed Pete Cochran, one of the three young undercover cops that made up The Mod Squad on the 1968-73 ABC series, died Tuesday. He was 84.

Michael Cole, who most famously portrayed Pete Cochran, one of the three young undercover cops on ABC’s crime drama Mod Squad (1968-1973), died on Tuesday, December 10. He was 84 years old.