Irish acting legend Milo O'Shea has died in New York after a short illness - he was 86.
As well as being an acclaimed actor on the Irish stage and then British and US television, he starred in many feature films, ranging from Ulysses to Barbarella.
In more recent times he featured in cult HBO prison drama Oz and Aaron Sorkin's political masterpiece, The West Wing. ...
Among his other memorable film roles in the 1960s were as Friar Laurence in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet and as Durand Durand [credited as Dr Duran Duran] in Roger Vadim's counterculture classic Barbarella (both films were released in 1968). ...
In 1992, O'Shea guest-starred in the season 10 finale of the hugely successful sitcom Cheers, and, in 1995, in an episode of the show's spin-off Frasier.
He is survived by his wife, actress Kitty Sullivan - with whom he performed in a 1981 Broadway revival of My Fair Lady - two sons, Colm and Steven, daughter-in-law Deirdre and three grandchildren.
Paying tribute, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, said: "Milo O'Shea was a giant of stage and screen. ... "
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