Television and stage actor James Whitmore has died at 87, the Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff’s Department confirmed Saturday.

Whitmore was born in 1921 in White Plains, New York.

He was married four times, twice to Nancy Mygatt, for four years in the ’70s to actress Audra Lindley, and since 2001 to actress Noreen Nash. He was the father of three children, including actor-director James Whitmore Jr.

Whitmore was diagnosed with lung cancer in November of 2008. He eventually succumbed to the disease and died at his home in Malibu California, on February 6, 2009.

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