Actor Don Galloway dies in Reno at 71

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updated 9:29 a.m. CT, Fri., Jan. 9, 2009

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Actor Don Galloway, who's career was launched in the early days of television soap operas and later included the big screen, died Thursday in Reno, his family said. He was 71.

Galloway and his wife, Linda, have lived in the Reno area for about a year, said his stepson, Robert Julian. He died at Renown Regional Medical Center.

"He's been hospitalized since Christmas," Julian told The Associated Press.

A cause of death was not immediately released, but Julian said his stepfather's health has been ailing.

Galloway was born July 27, 1937 in Brooksville, Ky. His television career began in the 1950s on the soap opera "The Secret Storm."

In the early 1960s, he was a regular on ABC's "General Hospital."

Galloway also played Officer Ed Brown in the show "Ironside," starring Raymond Burr. He also starred in the 1983 movie "The Big Chill."