EMMY nominated actor and 1960s heartthrob Richard Chamberlain has died aged 90.
The star rocketed to fame in the TV medical drama Dr Kildare and starred in the mini-series Shogun and The Thorn Birds.
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Chamberlain died late on Saturday in Hawaii from complications from a stroke, publicist Harlan Boll said in a statement on Sunday.
Chamberlain was an instant hit, and became a teen idol, as the handsome Dr James Kildare in the series that ran from 1961 – 1966.
Martin Rabbett, Chamberlain’s longtime partner, said in a statement: “Our beloved Richard is with the angels now.
“He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul.
“Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”
Chamberlain played a number of high-profile roles on TV and was dubbed “king of the mini-series”.
He played Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, and Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Richard II.
He also was the original Jason Bourne in the 1988 mini-series The Bourne Identity.
Chamberlain was nominated for four Emmys during the 1970s and 1980s.
The nominations included for English navigator in 17th century Japan in Shogun (1981), a love-torn priest in The Thorn Birds (1983), Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story (1985) and for the title role in the 1975 TV movie The Count of Monte-Cristo.
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