{"id":3112,"date":"2026-05-22T12:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/doctor-who-star-michael-keating-dead-at-79\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:03:18","slug":"doctor-who-star-michael-keating-dead-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/doctor-who-star-michael-keating-dead-at-79\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Doctor Who&#8217; star Michael Keating dead at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Michael Keating, best known for his roles in \u201cDoctor Who,\u201d \u201cBlake\u2019s 7\u201d and \u201cEastEnders,\u201d has died. He was 79.<\/p>\n<p>Keating died \u201cpeacefully at home\u201d on Sunday, his agent, Dan Ireson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/05\/21\/michael-keating-dead-eastenders-blakes-7\/90197321007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed in a statement to USA Today<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The late star was \u201cstruggling with dementia\u201d before he passed, Ireson said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"8949413\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.84768212;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"8949413\" width=\"500\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shutterstock-com-world-rights-tellynation-128481486.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Keating\" class=\"wp-image-8949413\"  \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"8949424\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.68312208;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"8949424\" width=\"403\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/blakes-7-david-jackson-jan-128481583.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Keating in &quot;Blake's 7&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-8949424\"  \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9BBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><em>This story is developing\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/22\/celebrity-news\/doctor-who-star-michael-keating-dead-at-79\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Keating, best known for his roles in \u201cDoctor Who,\u201d \u201cBlake\u2019s 7\u201d and \u201cEastEnders,\u201d has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/michael-keating.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}