Ivan dixon death

Ivan Dixon, an actor, director and producer known for his role as Kinchloe on the 60s television series “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 76 years old.

Dixon died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte after a hemorrhage and of complications from kidney failure, said his daughter, Doris Nomathande Dixon of Charlotte.

Actor Sidney Poitier said the two men became friends after Dixon was his stunt double in the 1958 movie “The Defiant Ones.”

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