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Sex and the City and Mad Men star dies at 60 after stomach cancer battle

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The screen star appeared in iconic shows and sitcoms
The screen star appeared in iconic shows and sitcoms

SEX and the City star Eddie Driscoll has died after a battle with cancer.

The actor, 60, starred in a series of hit shows including Desperate Housewives, The Last Ship, and CSI: Miami.

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Actor Eddie Driscoll has diedCredit: Facebook
Driscoll starred as Randall Croft in The Last Ship on TNT
Driscoll starred as Randall Croft in The Last Ship on TNTCredit: TNT

Driscoll died in Los Angeles on December 15, actor Jimmy Palumbo revealed.

He died from a saddle pulmonary embolism after fighting stomach cancer, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Driscoll, who was born in New York, appeared in one episode of Sex and The City in 2000 where he played a character named Fendi Man.

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He also appeared in an episode of Mad Men in 2014, and the beloved drama series 24 in 2007.

But Driscoll was best known for starring in The Last Ship on TNT, playing the character Randall Croft.

He appeared in seven episodes of the show in 2016.

Driscoll also had several small movie roles throughout his four-decade career, appearing in the 2004 action thriller Cellular, the 2002 comedy Boat Trip, and alongside Burt Reynolds in the 1989 crime comedy Breaking In.

Driscoll studied acting at the University of Miami and was also on an apprenticeship scheme at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film.

He even studied alongside Reynolds and also appeared with him in the 1989 thriller Physical Evidence.

He appeared as a steward in the 2002 comedy romance movie Boat Trip.

Boat Trip also starred Cuba Gooding Jr and former Saturday Night Live star Horatio Sanz.

He made an appearance in the eighth season of Desperate Housewives in 2012, starring as a cab driver.

Driscoll's credits also include appearances in Entourage, L.A. Noire, Days of Our Lives, Outlaw, and This Is Us, and several episodes of Days of Our Lives playing the loan shark Eddie Diamond, per IMDB.

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Driscoll (left) appeared in an episode of Mad Men which aired in 2014
Driscoll (left) appeared in an episode of Mad Men which aired in 2014Credit: Alamy
The actor alongside Horatio Sanz,  who starred in Saturday Night Live
The actor alongside Horatio Sanz, who starred in Saturday Night LiveCredit: Alamy

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