Actor Stacy Keach dies at 85; Bourne Legacy star suffered heart failure

Actor Stacy Keach, celebrated for portraying detective Mike Hammer and starring in Fat City has died after a prolonged battle with heart failure.

Updated on: Nov 11, 2026, 07:33:19 IST

By Shirin Gupta

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Veteran American actor Stacy Keach, whose six-decade career spanned acclaimed stage performances andtelevision dramas has died at the age of 85. Keach died Tuesday at his family home in Magdalenka, Poland, after a long battle with a serious heart condition, his wife, Malgosia Keach, announced.

Actor Stacy Keach, celebrated for portraying detective Mike Hammer and starring in Fat City has died after a prolonged battle with heart failure. (Stacey Keach Instagram)

In a statement obtained by People, Malgosia Keach said her husband "peacefully departed this world."

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Shirin Gupta
Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More

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