Richard Chamberlain Dies: ‘Dr. Kildare’ & ‘The Thorn Birds’ Star Was 90

Richard Chamberlain, a stage and screen actor with a TV résumé more than a half-century long, has died. He was 90 years old. Chamberlain died on Saturday, March 29, in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke, his publicist told Variety.

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” Martin Rabbett, Chamberlain’s longtime partner and Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold costar, said in a statement. “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.”