Gilligan Passes
Category : TV | Tags :LOS ANGELES — Bob Denver (search), whose portrayal of goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s television show “Gilligan’s Island,” (search) made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, has died, his agent confirmed Tuesday. He was 70.
Denver died Friday at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in North Carolina of complications from treatment he was receiving for cancer, his agent, Mike Eisenstadt, told The Associated Press. Denver’s death was first reported by “Entertainment Tonight.”
Denver had also undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery earlier this year.
Denver’s wife, Dreama, and his children Patrick, Megan, Emily and Colin were with him when he died.
1Trelaina
wrote on 6 September 2005 at 15:25
Wow. Glad his family was there.
I can practically see WF Baptist Hospital from my office balcony. It’s a very good hospital with a special cancer center. I know they took great care of him.
2PCD
wrote on 6 September 2005 at 15:53
Who’s next? The Professor? Mary Ann? Ginger?
Although the Russell Johnson is the oldest of the 3, I think Tina Louise will be next barring an accident or foul play. She looked terrible in the last magazine article picture I’d seen of her.