James Garner, star of such Hollywood television and film classics as Maverick and The Rockford Files, has passed away at his home at the age of 86. Garner is believed to have died of natural causes.

Michael Gerety, a former MGM executive and publicist for Julie Andrews, James Garner and others who also served as president of Newslink Corp, died January 13 in Los Angeles. He was 82.

Garner died in 2014 at age 86. “James Garner had all the things a leading man needs,” said David Chase, a writer and producer ...