Richard Cham­ber­lain, the hand­some hero of the 1960s tele­vi­sion se­ries “Dr. Kil­dare” who found a sec­ond ca­reer as an award-win­ning “king of the minis­eries,” has died. He was 90.

Cham­ber­lain died Sat­ur­day night in Waimana­lo, Hawaii, of com­pli­ca­tions fol­low­ing a stroke, ac­cord­ing to his pub­li­cist, Har­lan Boll.

“Our beloved Richard is with the an­gels now. He is free and soar­ing to those loved ones be­fore us,” Mar­tin Rab­bett, his life­long part­ner, said in a state­ment. “How blessed were we to have known such an amaz­ing and lov­ing soul. Love nev­er dies. And our love is un­der his wings lift­ing him to his next great ad­ven­ture.”