Actor Bob Denver of "Gilligan's Island" dies at 70

Posted by Zora Stowers on Saturday, May 18, 2024

Bob Denver, the actor best known as the star of TV's "Gilligan's Island" has died. He was 70 years old. His agent says Denver died Friday in North Carolina, where he underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery earlier this year.Denver's role as goofy first mate Gilligan on the 1960s show made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers.He also played Maynard G. Krebs, the beatnik pal of TV's Dobie Gillis on `The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis."

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