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Stanley Kamel | 'Monk' psychiatrist, 65

Stanley Kamel, 65, who played Adrian Monk's long-suffering psychiatrist on the detective series Monk, died Tuesday.

Stanley Kamel, 65, who played Adrian Monk's long-suffering psychiatrist on the detective series

Monk

, died Tuesday.

He was found dead of a heart attack in his Hollywood Hills home by his agents, publicist Cynthia Snyder said.

Mr. Kamel, who was born in New Brunswick, N.J., had a nearly four-decade acting career, much of it on TV.

He had a recurring role as an unscrupulous psychiatrist, Graham Lester, in the 1995 series Murder One. He also had roles in Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210.

For several years, he portrayed Dr. Charles Kroger on Monk. - AP