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Stacy Keach, TV’s Mike Hammer and a Celebrated Shakespearean Actor, Dies at 85

November 12, 2026 by Peter Klausz

Black-and-white 1983 press photo of actor Stacy Keach as detective Mike Hammer, wearing a fedora, suit and tie

Stacy Keach, the stage actor best known as TV private eye Mike Hammer, died Nov. 10 at 85 at his home in Poland after a long battle with heart failure.

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