The actor died on Saturday night in Waimānalo, Hawaii of complications after a stroke, his publicist says

• Richard Chamberlain – full obituary

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

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