Sidekick of the Six Million Dollar Man dies at 91

ACTOR Richard Anderson, best known for playing Oscar Goldman in the hit 1970s TV series The Six Million Dollar Man, has died aged 91.

The show – which starred Lee Majors as seriously injured astronaut Steve Austin – was opened each week with Anderson’s character stating: ‘Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man.’

The star, pictured above right with Majors, went on to play Goldman again in the The Bionic Woman.

His family said he died of natural causes on Thursday at his Beverly Hills home.

Last night Majors, 78, paid tribute to his co-star, who he last spoke to a few weeks ago, saying: ‘Richard became a dear and loyal friend.’