(CNN) -- Jack Klugman, best known as messy sports writer Oscar Madison in TV's "The Odd Couple," died Monday at his California home, his son Adam said. He was 90. His lawyer, Larry Larson, said he died at his house in Northridge, just north of Los Angeles, with his wife by his side. Veteran actor William Shatner tweeted: "Condolences go out to the family of Jack Klugman. An extraordinary and talented man. He will be missed." Klugman, who won two Emmys for his role in the early 1970s sitcom, also starred in "Quincy, M.E." as medical examiner Dr. R. Quincy from 1976 to 1983.
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Attorney says Jack Klugman died at home with wife by his side
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Klugman acted in " The Odd Couple" on Broadway before being famously teamed with Tony Randall
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Klugman, who died at 90, later played a medical examiner in "Quincy, M.E."
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Actor also was a horse owner who had a third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby
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