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Gossip & rumors: 'dr. kildare' star dead at 90

GOSSIP & RUMORS: ‘Dr. Kildare’ star dead at 90

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TV star Richard Chamberlain has died. He was 90.

Chamberlain passed away Saturday in Waimanalo, Hawaii of complications following a stroke, publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to Variety.

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” Martin Rabbett, Chamberlain’s longtime partner, said in a statement. “He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us.”

Richard Chamberlain at the “Twin Peaks” premiere in Los Angeles in May 2017. FilmMagic

“How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul,” the statement continued. “Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”

Born on March 31, 1934 in Beverly Hills, Chamberlain co-founded a Los Angeles-based theater group and began appearing in film and television in 1960.

He was best known for his leading role in the NBC medical drama series “Dr. Kildare,” which ran for nearly 200 episodes from 1961 to 1966.

Richard Chamberlain in “Dr. Kildare.” Bettmann Archive
Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey in “Dr. Kildare.” Bettmann Archive

Reflecting on the show in an interview with TV Insider last year, Chamberlain said, “I was aware this was the answer to all my dreams. Then the show became a huge success, and that was just mesmerizing.”

Richard Kildare on the beach with a script for “Dr. Kildare” in the 1960s. Bettmann Archive

Come the 1980s, Chamberlain became known as the “King of the Miniseries” with his roles in “Shogun,” “The Thorn Birds” and “Centennial.” “Shogun” was adapted from James Clavell’s 1975 novel and remade last year into another miniseries that won a record-breaking 18 Emmy Awards.



In “The Thorn Birds,” Chamberlain played a priest who has an affair with a gorgeous woman. He also starred in the sequel miniseries, “The Thorn Birds: The Missing Year,” which came out in 1996.

Toshiro Mifune and Richard Chamberlain in “Shogun.” Getty Images

Chamberlain told TV Insider last year that he was most proud of “The Thorn Birds” in his career.

“It had a kind of international effect on the world that was amazing. And working with Barbara Stanwyck, of course, was just brilliant, and Rachel [Ward] and all those fabulous people,” he said about the show.

Richard Chamberlain in “The Thorn Birds: the Missing Years.” CBS via Getty Images

While he was best known for TV, Chamberlain also enjoyed roles in films like “The Three Musketeers” trilogy and “King Solomon’s Mines” and its sequel “Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold.” He was also the first actor to play Jason Bourne in the TV film “The Bourne Identity.”

Additionally, Chamberlain worked in stage productions such as “Blithe Spirit,” “My Fair Lady,” “The Sound of Music” and “Scrooge: The Musical,” and had a brief recording artist career with soundtracks from his acting projects.



Richard Chamberlain at the Women’s Press Club’s Christmas Party and Golden Apple awards luncheon in 1963. Getty Images
Richard Chamberlain with an unknown actress in 1962. Getty Images
Richard Chamberlain circa 1970. Silver Screen

In the later years of his career, Chamberlain had a recurring role in the ABC series “Brothers & Sisters” and supporting role in the film “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.”

Chamberlain made his final TV acting appearance in an episode of the 2017 “Twin Peaks” revival.

Richard Chamberlain speaks onstage at Sheldon At The Playhouse-Celebrating 20 Years Of Artistic Excellence in 2017. Getty Images

The late star was in a decades-long relationship with Rabbett, 71. They worked together in “Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold.”

In his TV Insider interview, Chamberlain said that he’d “like to be remembered as a reasonably nice guy with a sense of humor.”



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