Richard Chamberlain, who soared to fame as Dr. Kildare on TV and gained acclaim in ‘Shogun,’ dies

Richard Chamberlain, who soared to fame as Dr. Kildare on TV and gained acclaim in ‘Shogun,’ dies

Richard Chamberlain, who soared to fame as the handsome young Dr. Kildare on television in the early 1960s and two decades later reignited his TV stardom as a seasoned leading man in the highly rated miniseries “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds,” has died. He was 90. A Los Angeles native, Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications from a stroke, according to his publicist, Harlan Boll. “Our beloved Richard is with the ang…