section_path: Personal life and death
section_name: Personal life and death
paragraph_text: Personal life and death
  
  Chamberlain never married and had no children. He was not open about his homosexuality for most of his career, to protect his privacy and his acting opportunities. He was outed as a gay man by the French women's magazine Nous Deux in December 1989, but did not confirm that he was gay until the publication of his 2003 autobiography Shattered Love: A Memoir.
  
  Chamberlain was romantically involved with actor Wesley Eure in the 1970s.
  
  In 1977, Chamberlain began a long-term relationship with actor and producer Martin Rabbett. Rabbett played the brother of Chamberlain's lead character in the 1986 film Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold. They began living together in Hawaii in 1986 and had a private commitment ceremony. The couple separated amicably (but temporarily) in 2010, with Chamberlain moving to Los Angeles. In a 2014 interview, Chamberlain said that during the time he and Rabbett were not intimately involved, they remained close friends. According to Chamberlain's obituary in The New York Times, Rabbett and Chamberlain had resumed living together in Hawaii where he died. Rabbett was considered to be his "only immediate survivor".
  
  Chamberlain died of complications from a stroke in Waimānalo, Hawaii, on March 29, 2025, at the age of 90.
  
  Chamberlain never married and had no children. He was not open about his homosexuality for most of his career, to protect his privacy and his acting opportunities. He was outed as a gay man by the French women's magazine Nous Deux in December 1989, but did not confirm that he was gay until the publication of his 2003 autobiography Shattered Love: A Memoir.
  
  Chamberlain was romantically involved with actor Wesley Eure in the 1970s.
  
  In 1977, Chamberlain began a long-term relationship with actor and producer Martin Rabbett. Rabbett played the brother of Chamberlain's lead character in the 1986 film Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold. They began living together in Hawaii in 1986 and had a private commitment ceremony. The couple separated amicably (but temporarily) in 2010, with Chamberlain moving to Los Angeles. In a 2014 interview, Chamberlain said that during the time he and Rabbett were not intimately involved, they remained close friends. According to Chamberlain's obituary in The New York Times, Rabbett and Chamberlain had resumed living together in Hawaii where he died. Rabbett was considered to be his "only immediate survivor".
  
  Chamberlain died of complications from a stroke in Waimānalo, Hawaii, on March 29, 2025, at the age of 90.