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Richard Chamberlain, who first came to fame in one of the first medical soaps on TVDr.
Kildare,has died.
He was 90, passing one day before his 91st birthday.
Chamberlain starred as Dr. Kildare for 5 seasons.
He was known as a prime time heartthrob.
Chamberlain also starred in films likeThe Towering Infernoand Ken RussellsThe Music Lovers.
For the majority of his career, Richard Chamberlain was closeted.
He denied being gay until the age of 70.
In his memoir, Chamberlain shared his long partnership with actor and director Martin Rabbett.
The pair were together for over 30 years, and separated in 2010.
According to theBBC, Chamberlain expressed no regrets about hiding his sexuality for so long.
Theres still a tremendous amount of homophobia in our culture, he said.
like, dont pretend that were suddenly all wonderfully, blissfully accepted.
