James Garner career till dies at 86
July 21, 2014
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The actor was presented with a Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award in 2005
The star died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home.
Sally Field, who starred alongside the actor in the 1985 romantic comedy Murphy's Romance, said her "heart just broke".
Tom Selleck, who guest-starred in Garner's series The Rockford Files, said: "Jim was a mentor to me and a friend, and I will miss him."
Garner famously played the laconic private investigator Jim Rockford in the long running series which ran for 122 episodes from 1974 to 1980.
He won an Emmy for the role in 1977.
The actor went on to be Oscar-nominated for best actor in 1986 for the romantic comedy Murphy's Romance, co-starring Sally Field, in which he played a small town pharmacist.
"There are few people on this planet I have adored as much as Jimmy Garner," Field added.
"I cherish every moment I spent with him and relive them over and over in my head. He was a diamond.''
"RIP James Garner. Such a lovely man," tweeted Gary Sinise, who worked with the actor on the 1989 film My Name is Bill W.