Richard Chamberlain | 03/31/1934 | 87

He is an actor and singer born in Beverly Hills, California, on March 31, 1934. A teen star became widely known for the TV series Dr. Kildare, which aired from 1961 to 1966. The long-running series gave him his first major award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama. In addition, he has acting credits in a list of made-for-television movies, including The Bourne Identity and Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story, where he again received nominations from the Golden Globes and Primetime Emmy Awards.

Surprisingly, for the miniseries on ABC, The Thorn Birds, Chamberlain delivered another speech after winning an unsurprising achievement of a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a miniseries or Television Film. In 2003, he confirmed what the media had been speculating — his homosexuality — through his autobiography Shattered Love: A Memoir. Meanwhile, he was romantically linked with actor Wesley Eure and had a lengthy relationship with Martin Rabbett.