Stacy Keach, actor who played Mike Hammer, dies aged 85

American actor Stacy Keach, best known for playing private investigator Mike Hammer, has died aged 85. His wife said he died from heart failure in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

Keach also played Billy Tully in the 1972 film *Fat City* and appeared in *The Long Riders*, *Nebraska* and *The Bourne Legacy*. His television credits included *Prison Break*, in which he played Henry Pope.

His later roles included a part in *Jay Kelly*, playing the embittered father of George Clooney’s character. Keach was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2015 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019. He won a Golden Globe in 1988 for his portrayal of writer Ernest Hemingway.