-Kelly-

Island 'goofball' dies

08:00 AEST Wed Sep 7 2005
Reuters
Bob Denver, the actor who played goofy island castaway Gilligan in the 1960s television show Gilligan's Island, has died of complications from cancer treatments, a spokesman for the actor has said.

Denver, 70, died on Friday at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina, his agent Mike Eisenstadt said.

Gilligan's Island aired from 1964 to 1967, and became one of most enduring TV comedies in re-runs with a tale of seven people who were lost at sea and stranded on a deserted island.

Gilligan was a lovable character, but one with whom Denver was so closely associated that it became difficult for him to win other starring roles in a 50-year career.

Denver first gained stardom on another TV sitcom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," in which he played beatnik Maynard G. Krebs.

Eisenstadt did not provide details of Denver's death other than to say that he had been in the hospital for cancer treatment. The actor's family did not want to disclose specifics about the type of cancer, Eisenstadt said.

Denver is survived by his wife Dreama, who was at his side when he died, and his four children.

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I used to watch this show all the time

gg_obsessed

I was so sad to hear that I loved Gilligan!

wanderer78

He made a lot of people laugh over the years and generations. My condolences to his family and loved ones.

Lain

R.I.P Bob Denver (a.k.a Gilligan) Here's a bit of a poem from the Gilligan Island theme

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a famous man
That started from some tropic port
And into a strange land
The first mate was played by John Denver
The Skipper, I'm not sure
Five passengers set sail that day,
For a three year tour...
...A three year tour
The weather started going nuts
And the ship just tossed and tossed
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
The Minnow would be lost
...The Minnow would be lost.
And he'll be missed by his whole crew, and all his fans as well,
Like his family...
The Skipper too,
the Millionaire, and his Wife,
the Movie Star...
the Professor and Mary Ann,
Rest in Peace Bob Denver

pixiedude

That's really clever!

Here's a link to the entry for Gilligan's Island on Wikipedia. It's exhaustive. The author must be truly obsessive. But there's a publicity still near the top that I liked, showing the whole group. The article says the island scenes were actually shot in Echo Park, which is about a mile west of Dodgers Stadium in LA.

-Kelly-

Great website.

Great Poem

*Lauren

For someone who's so cut up, you'd think you'd get his name right. Its BOB Denver. John Denver died years back.

Lain

Lauren, i was really tired when i was typing this...i remember not getting enough sleep that time so i was rushing so i could fall asleep. i only noticed this yesterday when i was rechecking my post. But yeah...i changed it before it got a little worse.

TheAngel

R.I.P. Bob Denver, you shall be missed.