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Veteran ‘Friends,’ ‘Seinfeld,’ and ‘Golden Girls’ Actor Dies at 89<!-- wp:html --><p>Walt Disney Television Photo Archives via Getty</p> <p>Veteran TV star Richard Roat, best known for his appearances in TV shows including <em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/origins-of-festivus-revealed-to-be-really-dark-by-seinfeld-writer-dan-okeefe">Seinfeld</a></em> and <em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/15-times-friends-was-really-really-weird">Friends</a>,</em> and with a career in the entertainment industry that spanned almost 50 years, has died aged 89.</p> <p>He passed away in Orange County, California, on Aug. 5, his wife confirmed to <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/richard-roat-dead-seinfeld-friends-dallas-1235355561/"><em>Variety</em></a>. The cause of death was not supplied, but his obituary says he passed “suddenly.”</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/richard-roat-obituary?id=36350847&fbclid=IwAR1x2Bf2gWItp70uu4tVDLP4OF8DCAXnUzBd-bniJdf_lemxcHwiiDFphCo">obituary</a>, published by the<em> Los Angeles Times</em>, describes him as “the most supportive friend a person in the entertainment industry could ever have.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/veteran-tv-actor-richard-roat-of-friends-seinfeld-golden-girls-fame-dies-at-89?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Veteran TV star Richard Roat, best known for his appearances in TV shows including Seinfeld and Friends, and with a career in the entertainment industry that spanned almost 50 years, has died aged 89.

He passed away in Orange County, California, on Aug. 5, his wife confirmed to Variety. The cause of death was not supplied, but his obituary says he passed “suddenly.”

The obituary, published by the Los Angeles Times, describes him as “the most supportive friend a person in the entertainment industry could ever have.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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