Willie Garson, Sex and the City and White Collar actor, dies at 57

Stars pay tribute to dear, funny, kind man' who played Carrie Bradshaw's friend Stanford in the popular HBO TV series

Willie Garson, the actor best known for his role as Stanford Blatch in the original series of Sex and the City, has died at the age of 57.

Garson won the hearts of fans of the popular HBO series, which first aired in 1998 and ran for six seasons, playing Carrie Bradshaw's closest male friend, the talent agent Stanford. Garson also appeared in the follow-up films, Sex and the City, and Sex and the City 2. He was recently reprising the role in a reboot of the TV series, And Just Like That, which is currently in production.