Charles Kimbrough<\/a>, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who performed a straight-laced information anchor reverse Candice Bergen on Murphy Brown<\/em>, died Jan. 11 in Culver City, California. He was 86.<\/p>\n Kimbrough performed newsman Jim Dial throughout the ten seasons of CBS hit sitcom Murphy Brown<\/em> between 1988 and 1998, incomes an Emmy nomination in 1990 for excellent supporting actor in a comedy sequence. He reprised the position for 3 episodes within the 2018 reboot.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tRead extra: <\/span> \n\t\t\t\tRead subsequent: <\/span> The New York Times first reported his loss of life, and his son and brokers confirmed it Sunday to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tGrammys 2023: The brightest, boldest and greatest appears from the pink carpet<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n \n\t\t\t\tMajority of Canadians assist non-public choices for well being care, ballot exhibits<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWhether on stage or in front of the camera he was a joy to behold,\u201d stated SMS Talent, Inc., the expertise company that represented Kimbrough.<\/p>\n The company stated the actor died of pure causes in a hospital.<\/p>\n Kimbrough\u2019s spouse, actor Beth Howland who performed diner server Vera on the Seventies and \u201980s CBS sitcom Alice,<\/em> died in 2016. They married in 2002, greater than a decade after his 1991 divorce from his first spouse, Mary Jane (Wilson) Kimbrough, who died in 2007.<\/p>\n SMS Talent stated Kimbrough is survived by a sister, Linda Kimbrough, a son, John Kimbrough, a stepdaughter, Holly Howland, and a granddaughter, Cody.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\")
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