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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 02:43 PM
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GILLIGAN JUST DIED! Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, Dead at 70
Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 02:44 PM by xultar
Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, Dead at 70

15 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050906/ap_en_tv/obit_denver

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.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 02:44 PM
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1. Apparently The Professor couldn't get the kinks worked out...
of the artificial heart made of coconut shell and palm fronds.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 02:47 PM
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2. Gilligan ruled!
Now I wish I had some money to buy some weed and watch TVLand in his honor.
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 03:25 PM
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4. I'll share, Bye Maynard, Gilligan! Rest in Peace.
:evilgrin: :smoke:
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 03:43 PM
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6. Thanks!
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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 03:19 PM
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3. Drat, one of the first beatniks, "Like, I'm getting all misty"
Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 03:23 PM by moof
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 03:35 PM
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5. ***BREAKING**** Bush nominates John Roberts to replace Gilligan on...
....Gilligan's Island

News at 11
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 03:52 PM
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7. Guess this stormy weather was a little too much for the old guy
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 04:15 PM
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8. I'm surprised the other six didn't waste him way back when...
He was constantly fouling up every effort to get off the island; if they made him sleep with the fishes, they'd have been off the island in a month...

So long, little buddy...

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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 04:18 PM
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9. GOODBYE LITTLE BUDDY.
:cry:
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