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TORONTO — Jonathan Frid, a Canadian actor best known for playing Barnabas Collins in the 1960s original vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows", has died. He was 87.

TORONTO (AP) – Jonathan Frid, a Canadian actor best known for playing Barnabas Collins in the 1960s original vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows", has died. He was 87. Frid died of natural causes in hospital in his home town of Hamilton, Ontario this past

By Rob Gillies AP / April 19, 2012 TORONTO—Jonathan Frid, a Canadian actor best known for playing Barnabas Collins in the 1960s original vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows", has died. He was 87. Frid died of natural causes in hospital in his home town

Jonathan Frid, best known as the vampire Barnabas Collins on "Dark Shadows" has died. Jonathan Frid was active right up until his death, even filming a cameo in the big screen "Dark Shadows" remake with Johnny Depp.

Dark Shadows, 1968 Credit: ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images. Actor Jonathan Frid died Friday, April 13, of natural causes in a hospital in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, the Associated Press reports. He was 87.