Dana Elcar of MacGyver passed away
by Doc on Jun.10, 2005, under General News
Dana Elcar, who played Mac’s friend and boss Pete Thornton on MacGyver, passed away June 6th after complications from pneumonia. He was 77. Dana suffered from glaucoma, which took away his eyesight while acting in the series. They even wrote it into his character, and both eventually became completely blind before he left the show.