LOS ANGELES -- In the dimming blue light of television memory, Erik Estrada is a frozen frame, forever astride his big Kawasaki motorbike, wearing his form-fitting riding breeches and leather gloves, the star of the hit action-adventure series "CHiPs," in which he played the hot-blooded highway patrolman Frank "Ponch" Poncherello. He was huuuuuge.
By William Booth
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