Renowned actor and hearthrob Richard Chamberlain has died at his home in Hawaii, two days before his 91st birthday. The handsome star of stage and screen came out as gay in his 2003 autobiography.
Excerpt from a Television Academy Foundation interview in 2010 about life in the closet and coming out:
Watch the full 3-hour interview here.
I well recall when Chamberlain was TV's popular Dr. Kildare from 1961 to 1966 - but I don't remember watching his show. My family watched the swarthy Ben Casey instead.
I liked Chamberlain a lot better with hair on his face, as in the costume dramas of the 1970s (The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask). Now that was entertainment!
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2 comments:
He had a good long life. I admire his dignified and honest demeanor; am I permitted to envy his idyllic Hawaiin retirement?
Of course you are. I'm a bit envious of his good luck - he seems to have walked in the sunshine every day of his life, and all the traffic lights were green. No doubt there were obstacles and frustrations somewhere along the line - how could it be otherwise in this mortal life? But an interview like this is not the place to go into all that.
Lucky man! A sweet soul too. RIP.
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