TV actor Gene Barry dies, aged 90

Veteran TV actor Gene Barry has died at the age of 90.

Barry starred in Western series Bat Masterson in the late 1950s and later on Burke's Law and The Name of the Game.

He died of congestive heart failure on Wednesday at Sunrise Assisted Living in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Woodland Hills, reports The AP.

The Tony-nominated star had reportedly suffered from Alzheimer's disease for close to five years.

His final screen role was in Steven Spielberg's 2005 film War of the Worlds.