Edward Herrmann, who is best known to audiences for playing Franklin D. Roosevelt and narrating History Channel documentaries, has died. The Emmy winner, who younger audiences should know for his role on Gossip Girl, was 71.
Herrmann’s family told TMZ that he was battling brain cancer and has been in the intensive care unit at a New York hospital for most of the past month. His health was not improving and the family decided to take him off his respirator.
His second wife, Star, told the site that he left behind three children.
Hermann was a constantly busy character actor, with over 100 credits on IMDb. He has four Emmy nominations on his resume, including two for playing President Roosevelt on the made-for-TV movies Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977). He won an Emmy for his guest role on The Practice in 1999.
He played Richard Gilmore on The CW’s Gilmore Girls during its entire run. He also had a recurring role on CBS’ The Good Wife.
Whenever The History Channel needed a narrator, Herrmann was available. He narrated several documentaries for the network. Ken Burns also picked him as the voice of FDR for his The Roosevelts: An Intimate History series.
According to TheWrap, Herrmann’s final film will be Coach of The Year. His other film credits include The Wolf of Wall Street, the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby, The Aviator, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Nixon and The Lost Boys.
image courtesy of Dara Kushner/INFGoff.com
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