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David McCallum, star of The Man From U.N.C.L.E, has died aged 90

McCallum also had a role in more recent years as the eccentric medical examiner in the popular NCIS.

ACTOR DAVID MCCALLUM, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular NCIS 40 years later, has died aged 90.

He died yesterday of natural causes surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS said in a statement.

“David was a gifted actor and author, and beloved by many around the world.

“He led an incredible life and his legacy will forever live on through his family and the countless hours on film and television that will never go away,” said a statement from CBS.

embedded22850306 David McCallum played Illya Kuryakin in the The Man From U.N.C.L.E PA Images PA Images

Scottish-born McCallum had been doing well appearing in such films as A Night To Remember (about the Titanic), The Great Escape and The Greatest Story Ever Told (as Judas).

But it was The Man From U.N.C.L.E. that made the blond actor with the Beatles’ haircut a household name in the mid 1960s.

The success of the James Bond books and films had set off a chain reaction, with secret agents proliferating on both large and small screens.

Indeed, Bond creator Ian Fleming contributed some ideas as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was being developed, according to Jon Heitland’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Book.

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    Jan 28th 2022, 8:23 AM

    Great news for Limerick. Both my brother and sister in laws work for Lilly. They are great employers.

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    Jan 28th 2022, 8:41 AM

    Big Pharma – come on looney brigade
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    Jan 28th 2022, 11:45 AM

    T’would be nice to think that this might jolt our politicians into realising the enormous potential the mid-west has as a much needed counter balance to Dublin.

    Galway – Ennis – Limerick, motorway connection, underused international airport, one of the deepest ports in Europe, multiple third level institutions etc, etc.

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    Jan 28th 2022, 9:37 AM

    Before the Anti Prosperity People get started what life was like before “Big Pharma”.

    Between 1845 and 1852 starvation and famine-related diseases were responsible for more than 1 million excess deaths in Ireland, the vast majority attributable to contagious or communicable diseases that raged epidemically and with great malignity, particularly fever, dysentery, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, smallpox, and …29 Nov 2020

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    Jan 28th 2022, 12:08 PM

    Mighty news. Great sign too that they are investing even with the tax reforms.

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    Jan 28th 2022, 8:39 AM

    good old Christian fundamentalist republicans should fit right in!.. Still, a job is a job I guess.

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    Jan 28th 2022, 9:33 AM

    @thesaltyurchin: Oooh so salty

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    Jan 28th 2022, 1:49 PM

    @Alan Byrne: I’ll take your high-paying job, BUT I WONT LIKE IT!!!… okay so I probs will.

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    Jesus I thought it was Bob Geldof’s daughter that was moving to Limerick!

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    Jan 30th 2022, 12:32 PM

    Great news.

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    Jan 30th 2022, 12:30 PM

    Great news.

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