The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is the Columbo: The Complete Series DVD box set for only $52.49 (that’s 65% off the list price of $149.98).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Tuesday, November 5, 2013, until 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

The 34-disc set contains all seven seasons of the Columbo detective television series, as well as all 24 television movies, which started Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo, a homicide detective for the Los Angeles Police Department.

After a wonderful career including memorable performances on the stage and screens, big and small, the great Peter Falk passed away at his Beverly Hills home Thursday night at the age of 83. The actor had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at the time of his passing.

Though he performed in movies and on the stage as well, it is his TV work for which he will be best remembered. Falk starred on the hit crime series, Columbo, which ran sporadically from 1971 to 2003. Only 68 episodes were produced in all””running 2 to 8 episodes per year from ’71 to ’78 before taking over a decade off, and then returning from ’89 to ’03 for a few episodes here and there””and the show was noted for revealing who committed the crimes at the very start of the show, leaving viewers to only wait and see how the crafty Columbo figures out who it is for himself.