Actor Richard Chamberlain dies aged 90

Actor Richard Chamberlain has died at the age of 90 (PA)

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series Dr Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died at the age of 90.

Chamberlain died on Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke, according to his publicist Harlan Boll.