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Matthew Sullivan said Vaughn, 83, died in a hospital
surrounded by his wife Linda Staab and two children, Cassidy and
Caitlin. The actor had been receiving treatment for acute
leukemia, Sullivan said.
New York-born Vaughn starred with David McCallum in "The Man
from U.N.C.L.E," a tongue-in-cheek drama about battling world
evil that was inspired by the James Bond books and movies.
"Robert and I worked together for many years and losing him is
like losing a part of me," McCallum said in a statement to
TVLine.com on Friday.
The 1964-68 series gave way to a number of spinoff movies
including "One Spy Too Many" and "One of Our Spies is Missing"
that also starred the two actors.
Vaughn appeared in more than 200 movies and TV shows over his
60-year career, including the 1960 movie "The Magnificent
Seven", alongside Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen. He was the last
survivor of the movie's original seven lead actors.
Other movies included "Bullitt" in 1968, again with McQueen, and
“The Young Philadelphians" in 1959, for which he received a
supporting actor Oscar nomination.
On television, Vaughn appeared in numerous shows, including "The
A-Team," a 1998 TV version of "The Magnificent Seven," and, in
2012, as a character in the long-running British soap opera,
"Coronation Street."
Former British James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore was among those
mourning his passing, tweeting "Sorry to hear the news about
Robert Vaughn."
British actor Stephen Fry said on Twitter that Vaughn was "such
a fine actor, one of the best Columbo villains (no higher praise
than that) and utterly charming man."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant and Melissa Fares; Editing by
Bernadette Baum and Lisa Shumaker)
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