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Stacy Keach, stage actor and Mike Hammer star, dead at 85

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. Channel NewsAsia Latest, CBC World, and The Straits Times World are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 11 Nov 2026, 02:33 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Stacy Keach, stage actor and Mike Hammer star, dead at 85”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Stacy Keach, one of America's finest stage actors who became best known for playing scruffy private eye Mike Hammer on TV and whose career was nearly derailed after he was imprisoned in 1984 for trying to smuggle cocaine into Britain, died Tuesday. He was 85.
Story timeline
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- First reported by The Straits Times World
Actor Stacy Keach, known for playing Hammer, Hamlet and Hemingway, dead at 85
- Picked up by CBC World
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
American actor Stacy Keach, known for playing Mike Hammer and Ernest Hemingway, dead at 85
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