Blogged By: De De Tillman

Blog Source: CNN –  Alan Duke – Jane Caffrey

Posted: Wednesday January 25, 2012 @ 4:35 pm PST

According to CNN, Actor James Farentino, died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, according to a hospital spokeswoman. He was 73.

Details about Farentino’s death could be released because of federal health privacy laws, hospital spokeswoman Sally Stewart said.

TV roles, included the father of George Clooney’s character in “ER.”

Farentino was a  Brooklyn, New York native. RIP