Heartthrob actor Richard Chamberlain, star of The Thorn Birds, dies aged 90

Richard Chamberlain, the Emmy-nominated actor and 1960s heart-throb who rocketed to fame in the TV medical drama Dr Kildare and starred in the mini-series Shogun and The Thorn Birds has died at the age of 90, publicist Harlan Boll said.

Chamberlain died late on Saturday in Hawaii from…