Richard Chamberlain, ‘Dr. Kildare’ and ‘Shogun’ star, dead at 90

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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.”“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.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.”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.