Two actors have passed away.

[Aspiring Mogul]

Russell Johnson, who was the Professor on Gilligan's Island, and Dave Madden, who was Reuben Kincaid on the Partridge Family, have both passed away. I loved them as a kid.

I never knew Dave Madden was a Canadian.

 

[kjones]

I too watched those actors and their shows as a kid, and remembering them brings me a smile.

The shows may have been fluff, but they were also of an age in television... No shots to the head, no vampire teeth, no distopian futures. I miss those days now and then.

 

[knightly]

So sad. The professor was the coolest of the guys on the island in my estimation.

 

[Aspiring Mogul]

The professor was a war veteran as well as an actor, which made him a very accomplished person.

 

[Alcove Audio]

Farewell guys; you gave me a lot of laughs as a kid.

 

[Uranium City]

Russell Johnson was also in a couple of excellent Twilight Zone episodes, each curiously having to do with time travel. Execution and Back There.