{"id":14844,"date":"2016-11-12T11:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T11:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14844"},"modified":"2016-11-12T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T11:22:45","slug":"robert-vaughn-dies-magnificent-seven-man-u-n-c-l-e-actor-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/celebrities\/robert-vaughn-dies-magnificent-seven-man-u-n-c-l-e-actor-83.html","title":{"rendered":"Robert Vaughn Dies; Magnificent Seven, Man From U.N.C.L.E Actor Was 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robert Vaughn Dies; Magnificent Seven, Man From U.N.C.L.E Actor Was 83<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Robert Vaughn, the actor best known for his roles in the classic Western The Magnificent Seven and the 1960s NBC spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E has passed away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Vaughn&#8217;s manager confirmed the news today in a press release:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMr. Vaughn passed away with his family around him,\u201d the statement read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sources say Vaughn had recently been diagnosed with Leukemia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Though best known for his work on such beloved TV series as Gunsmoke, Father Knows Best, Wagon Train, The Rifleman and The Dick Van Dyke Show, Vaughn also racked up more than 200 film credits over the course of his more than 60-year career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Film fans will remember his roles in The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt and The Young Philadelphians, for which he was nominated for an Academy ward for Best Supporting Actor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Directing and casting agents knew that Vaughn was fully able to laugh at his image as an icon of cool, which led to winking, stunt-casting roles in such recent comedies as the Chris Rock-produced Pootie Tang and the Trey parker and Matt Stone vehicle BASEketball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He continued to work until the end of his life with roles on the UK series Hustle and Coronation Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Born in New York City, Vaughn moved to the West Coast for college when he was in his teens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the 1970s, he went back to school and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">His dissertation, \u201cOnly Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting,\u201d was publsshed in 1972.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Vaughn&#8217;s acclaimed memoir, A Fortunate Life, was published in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tributes to Vaughn from fans and colleagues have made his name a trending topic on social media in the hours since word of his death went public:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Oh no. 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