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Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, Dead at 70
AP via Yahoo! ^ | 09/06/05 | AP

Posted on 09/06/2005 11:44:34 AM PDT by conservative in nyc

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."


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To: clintonh8r
"Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all week....or until the vegetables hit the stage.
Try the veal."
341 posted on 09/06/2005 10:18:02 PM PDT by Ignatz (Proper spelling unites people, improper spelling unties people.)
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To: conservative in nyc

Aye, aye, Skipper. R.I.P.


342 posted on 09/07/2005 6:37:48 AM PDT by azhenfud (He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
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To: Rebelbase

The Greaseman just played a version of the Gilligan Island Theme sung to "Stairway to Heaven".


343 posted on 09/07/2005 7:04:17 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (Christian, Comedian, Husband,Opa, Dog Owner, former Cat Co-dweller, and all around good guy.)
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To: conservative in nyc

Just sit right back and I'll give a bump


344 posted on 09/07/2005 7:38:15 AM PDT by foreverfree
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To: Central Scrutiniser

bttt


345 posted on 09/07/2005 7:41:04 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Mary Ann!


346 posted on 09/07/2005 8:09:01 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
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To: RightWingAtheist
He was also in some classic 50s SF films: "It Came From Outer Space", "This Island Earth" and "Attack of the Crab Monsters".

Not to mention "The Space Children", where he played a nasty drunk done in by aliens. Hilariously spoofed by Mystery Science Theater 3000, as was "This Island Earth"

I always thought the Professor and Mary Ann had a thing going on, as did the Skipper and Ginger and Gilligan and Mrs. Howell. And poor old Thurston was clueless.

347 posted on 09/07/2005 8:17:27 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("The right to bear weapons is the right to be free." A. E. Van Vogt)
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To: One Loud Voice
I too thought Dobie was better than Gilligan's Island.

I actually think G I was one terrible show but then again, I usually watched it so maybe they were doing something right. I think part of it, was the idea of a group shipwrecked was really good, and the cast was also good. I was a teenager when it was on and I must admit I had my fantasies of being shipwrecked with Mary Ann.

Actually "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" was unlike any show I have ever seen before or since, and was really good.

349 posted on 09/07/2005 5:53:10 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: COBOL2Java

I remember....I enjoyed his role in Dobbie.


351 posted on 02/17/2009 8:11:38 AM PST by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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