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Richard Hatch who was best known for playing Captain Apollo on TV series battlestar Galactica has died. The actor was 71. He passed away in hospice care after battling pancreatic cancer, his family told TMZ Tuesday. Hatch started his career in the daytime soap All My Children in 1970 and in 1978 landed the role in the original Battlestar Galactica that ran for one season and earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch was released from a Massachusetts jail early Friday after completing a federal sentence for evading taxes on the $1 million he won during the CBS reality show's first season. Hatch was freed shortly before 6 a.m. from Barnstable County jail in Bourne, Mass... He was driven home to Newport, R.I., by sheriff's deputies ... Hatch, 48, now faces three years of supervised release. ... He must also complete a mental health program. Hatch's husband is from Argentina, and he has asked the court unsuccessfully in the past to grant him permission to live there... In 2006,...

Here is a video report on the arrest of "Survivor" first winner Richard Hatch immediately after an interview he did on The Today Show. He served four years in prison for tax evasion and has recently been out on home confinement. He claims he had permission to do an interview with The Today Show, but he was taken into custody after the interview for some reason. The authorities won't confirm why he was picked up. . . . . . (Watch Video)

In 2000 America watched Richard Hatch, dubbed the “fat naked gay guy” weasel his way to the one million dollar prize on “Survivor.” Hatch wasn’t very well liked so his indictment for failing to pay federal income taxes due on his winnings brought no sympathy. Hatch had to hire a lawyer and fight to avoid a federal prison stretch. In spite of his wealth this ordinary, if not typical, American couldn’t beat the government. He was convicted. Hatch didn’t understand saying, “I thought someone else was paying the taxes, so I didn’t know I owed anything” wasn’t a defense available...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The first "Survivor'' has packed his bags and moved to a federal prison in Oklahoma. Richard Hatch is serving a 51-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won in the first season of the CBS reality series.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Richard Hatch, who won $1 million in the debut season of "Survivor," was sentenced Tuesday to 51 months in prison for failing to pay income taxes on his reality TV prize and other earnings. Hatch, 45, was convicted in January. The charges carried a maximum of 13 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres said he issued a harsher than expected sentence because Hatch had committed perjury repeatedly during his trial. "It seems unfortunately very clear to me that Mr. Hatch lied," Torres said. When Hatch was convicted, Torres said he expected to sentence him to...

BOSTON -- Jailed "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch has been segregated from other inmates in the Massachusetts prison where he is being held. Hatch won $1 million in the debut season of the CBS reality television series. He was found guilty in January of failing to pay taxes on his winnings and other income. Hatch's lawyer said his client asked to be put in protective custody shortly after he arrived at the Plymouth jail. He was taken into custody immediately after his conviction because the judge said he posed a flight risk. Hatch will be sentenced on April 25 and faces...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Richard Hatch, the "fat naked guy" who won $1 million in the debut season of the reality show "Survivor," was found guilty Wednesday of failing to pay taxes on his winnings. Hatch was also convicted of evading taxes on $327,000 he earned as co-host of a Boston radio show and $28,000 in rent on property he owned. But he was acquitted of seven bank, mail and wire fraud charges. Jurors deliberated for less than a day after more than a week of testimony. Hatch, 44, of Newport, faces up to 13 years in prison and a fine...

RICHARD Hatch, the much-vilified first winner of the hit US reality television show Survivor, will know in a day if he survived a challenge that could jail him for a lifetime. A jury is expected to decide tomorrow whether the winner of the $US1 million ($1.33 million) jackpot on Survivor on a South Pacific island in 2000 is guilty of tax evasion, bank fraud and other charges filed by the US Attorney's office in Providence, Rhode Island. Prosecutors accuse Hatch, a motivational speaker, of failing to report the $US1 million winnings in 2000 and about $US391,000 he earned from half...

Lawyer Alleges 'Survivor' Hatch Cut Deal By RAY HENRY, Associated Press Writer 1/24/06 PROVIDENCE, R.I. - "Survivor" Richard Hatch decided not to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the TV show's first season after discussions with producers, fellow contestants and his accountant, and, he testified Monday in his federal tax-evasion trial, after receiving two letters from the IRS. Hatch is accused of failing to pay taxes on the money he won on the show in 2000, as well as other income, and is charged with using money on himself that had been earmarked for a charity. Testimony...