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Topic started on 6-9-2005 @ 03:00 PM by elevatedone
Bob Denver the iconic figure of the 60's television show "Gilligan's Island died Friday. Denver had underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery earlier this year. Denver was 70 years old.



www.cnn.com
Denver's signature role was Gilligan. But he already was known to TV audiences for another iconic character, that of Maynard G. Krebs, the bearded beatnik friend of Dwayne Hickman's Dobie in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," which aired from 1959 to 1963.

"Entertainment Tonight" first reported Denver's death.

Denver's wife, Dreama, and children Patrick, Megan, Emily and Colin were with him when he died.

"He was my everything and I will love him forever," Dreama Denver said in a statement.




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A great actor, I grew up watching Gilligan and even caught re-runs of him on Dobie Gillis. You will be missed.





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