A tough insurance man with a heart of gold. That's Richard Gilmore (Edward Herrmann), the husband to Emily (Kelly Bishop), father to Lorelai (Lauren Graham), and grandfather to Rory (Alexis Bledel).
Edward Herrmann, who played the distinguished family patriarch Richard Gilmore for seven seasons on the original Gilmore Girls series, passed away in 2014 at age 71 after a battle with brain ...