(Reuters) - The&nbsp;actor&nbsp;Treat&nbsp;Williams, known for his roles in Hair and Everwood, was&nbsp;killed&nbsp;in a&nbsp;motorcycle&nbsp;accident on Monday, his longtime&nbsp;agent&nbsp;said.
Barry McPherson,&nbsp;Williams'&nbsp;agent&nbsp;for 15 years, confirmed that the&nbsp;actor&nbsp;was&nbsp;killed&nbsp;when the&nbsp;motorcycle&nbsp;he was driving was involved in an accident with a car in Dorset,&nbsp;Vermont.
Williams&nbsp;was 71.
People magazine, citing Jacob Gribble, the fire chief in Dorset, reported the accident took place when a car turned into&nbsp;Williams&nbsp;on Route 30. Gribble told the magazine that&nbsp;Williams&nbsp;was the only person hurt in the accident, and that he had been airlifted to a hospital in Ticonderoga, New York.
Williams' break-out role was for the 1979 movie Hair, based on the Broadway musical. He also starred in Everwood as a neurosurgeon who moved his family from New York City to Colorado.
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(Reporting by Brad Brooks in Lubbock, Texas; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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Actor Treat Williams killed while riding motorcycle in Vermont, agent says