James Garner, the US star of hit TV series The Rockford Files and Maverick and films including The Great Escape, has died aged 86.
Garner had suffered ill health since a severe stroke in 2008.
“Mr Garner died of natural causes,” the West LA Division of the Los Angeles Police Department told the BBC, adding he died on Saturday and his body has been released to his family.
His publicist confirmed to the BBC that he died at home.
RIP. I enjoyed his work. He married in 1956, at the age of 28, and was still married to the same woman at his death.
I loved the Rockford files as one of the few really memorable shows when I was growing up. The characters made the story, Garner most especially.
I loved the Rockford Files, too. My husband saw “The Notebook” on an airplane some years ago and said it was very touching. I must see it sometime, especially as we age and wonder what will happen to us.
I appreciated this also
http://twitter.com/LCplSwofford/status/490886119849201666
Memory eternal!
Good bye, Maverick.
What’s scary is that I remember watching Maverick in the original broadcasts.