US actor Richard Chamberlain died | Luxembourg word

The US actor Richard Chamberlain is dead. Chamberlain, who celebrated worldwide primarily with the TV four-part « The Dorny Birds », had died at the age of 90 after complications of a stroke in Hawaii, the US media reported unanimously, citing his speaker and his long-term partner. Chamberlain would have celebrated his 91st birthday on Monday. « Our beloved Richard is now with the angels, » his long -time partner Martin Rabbett was quoted.

For decades, the Chamberlain, born in Los Angeles in 1934, was considered a TV heartbreaker and Hollywood’s « Prince Charming ». He studied art, then began to be interested in acting – and in the 1960s as one of his first engagement, received the main role in the doctor series « Dr. Kildare ». This was followed by roles in the « Shogun » adventure series and finally « the thorn birds ». In the TV four-part, he played the charismatic Father Ralph de Bricassart, who falls in love against all conventions in the farmer’s daughter Meggie. More than 200 million viewers followed the series worldwide.

Chamberlain, who had made his homosexuality in an autobiography at almost 70, also stood on the theater stage. A few years ago, he had recently stood in front of the camera for some smaller film and television projects.