Gilligan Dies at 70

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Sad news for all of us who enjoyed the "Island. Even though I saw Gilligan only in re-runs it was one of my favorite "after-school" shows along with Superfriends and Land of the Lost.

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 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.

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

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I liked the show, as well as Leave it to Beaver and Andy Griffith.
They don't make them like that anymore.