Stacy Keach, the legendary name of 'Prison Break' and 'Mike Hammer', passed away

Stacy Keach, who was considered one of America's most successful theater and cinema actors and was remembered for his role as scruffy private detective Mike Hammer on television and the TV series Prison Break, passed away at the age of 85.

According to the statement made by Keach's wife, Malgosia Tomassi Keach, who had a heart attack while on stage in Chicago in 2017, the artist died at his home in Magdalenka, Poland, "after a long and difficult struggle with a serious heart disease and heart failure."

Considered one of Shakespeare's leading interpreters and a favorite of legendary directors such as John Huston, Keach rose to worldwide fame with his interpretation of the fictional television detective Hammer, created by crime novelist Mickey Spillane.

Keach, who did not want to repeat the same role; He created a wide range of characters, playing a drug-using cop in the Cheech and Chong films and King Lear on stage. The artist, who starred in Alexander Payne's Oscar-nominated drama Nebraska, won a Golden Globe award for the six-hour miniseries in which he portrayed Ernest Hemingway. Keach's last role, who took part in important productions such as American History X and The Bourne Legacy, was as George Clooney's father in the movie Jay Kelly.

Keach, who stated in an interview in 2012 that his aim was to play as different and diverse roles as possible, said in his career that he had many roles in Hamlet, III. He expressed his satisfaction in playing huge roles like Richard and King Lear.

The artist, who was arrested and sentenced to prison for drug offenses in 1984 and later shared his experiences with young people in order to dedicate his life to the fight against drugs, announced that the prison warden character he portrayed in the TV series Prison Break, which aired between 2005 and 2007, was modeled after a real prison warden in England. Keach, who was married for the fourth time to Tomassi, had two daughters named Shannon and Carolina.