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[Mabus]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050906/ap_on_en_tv/obit_denver

Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, Dead at 70

LOS ANGELES -
Bob Denver, whose portrayal of goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s television show "Gilligan's Island," made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, has died, his agent confirmed Tuesday. He was 70.

Denver, who underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery earlier this year, died at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in North Carolina, according to agent Mike Eisenstadt. Denver's death was first reported by "Entertainment Tonight."

[KG]

1. another sign the apocalypse is upon us!

:(

[Wickerman]

2. Damn, Little Buddy

:cry:

RIP Bob.

[Drum]

3. Awwww, little buddy.... :( nt

[Hugin]

4. I am truly sorry to hear that...

x(

[progmom]

5. for realsies this time?

sigh....

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Fuck... Say what you want about the merits of Gilligan's Island...

...but, as a small child watching the reruns on WPIX, I was slayed by it.

RIP, Bob. And, this one's for you:

[Rhiannon12866]

14. Reruns, huh?

:evilgrin:

[Blue-Jay]

7. I was just going to post this.

:cry:

[MountainLaurel]

8. Wow. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

9. That's sad...

He'll always be Maynard G. Krebs to me. Somewhere Dobie Gillis is missing his best friend. :cry:

[proud patriot]

10. oh man

:-( I watched every episode as a child :-(

[Dervill Crow]

11. Maynard G. Krebs, RIP.

The cast of Dobie Gillis was a huge part of my extended family when I was little. My older brother was in high school, and I always wished he had a friend like Maynard.

[Blue_In_AK]

12. Tuesday Weld, Warren Beatty...

Great cast and really funny. I loved that show. I was 13 when it first aired in 1959. They were part of my extended family, too.

[lpbk2713]

13. This just in ..... Abe Vigoda is STILL alive!