(Fox News) – Famous actor Clarence Gilyard Jr., best known for his
roles in “Top Gun”, ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’, ‘Matlock’ and “Die Hard,” passed away following a battle with an unknown illness. He was
born on December 24, 1955 in Moses Lake, Washington.

Dean Nancy J. Uscher of The University of Nevada – Las Vegas confirmed his death on social media Nov. 28th. Gilyard Jr. had
been working as a film and theater professor at the UNLV College
of Fine Arts before his passing.

originally aired from March 3, 1986 to May 8, 1992,
on NBC, and from November 5, 1992 to May 7, 1995,
on ABC.

 Actor James Winburn, who played Michael Myers in the original
1978 ‘Halloween’ film, has died aged 85. James – also a famed
Hollywood stuntman – is believed to have passed over the
weekend from an undisclosed health issue, but his passing
only emerged on Monday.

His granddaughter Kim Wright said Clary died Wednesday
morning in his Los Angeles home. 

Clary — named Robert Max Widerman at birth — was born
March 1, 1926, in France and forced into internment in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. At age 27, he moved to the
United States to pursue his career.

Clary is most notable for his role as Corporal Louis LeBeau
on the World War II-centered sitcom "Hogan’s Heroes." Before
his death, Clary was the last living cast member from the series’
original principal cast. 

Clary published a memoir, From the Holocaust to Hogan’s
Heroes: The Autobiography of Robert Clary, in 2001.

    
Starring Mary Martin as Maria and Theodore Bikel as Captain
von Trapp, the original Broadway production of The Sound
of Music premiered at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November
16, 1959, where it won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical
and Best Leading Actress. It later moved to the Mark Hellinger,
where it would end its lauded run on June 15, 1963 after 1,443
performances.