So we've lost another one of those venerable figures who seemed universally loved and respected, a man who surely deserved the spotlight, but never behaved like he needed it. James Garner's easy-going manner probably robbed him of some of the adulation he deserved, but he could live with that. He,...

Actor James Garner, a star of movies like "Grand Prix" and television shows but best known as the amiable gambler Bret Maverick in the 1950s western "Maverick" and the cranky sleuth Jim Rockford in the 1970s TV series "The Rockford Files," was found dead in his California home on Saturday...