A lovely man. My son and I met him at a comic-shop event in Lexington, KY back in 1996 or '97, along with the late Mr. Mayhew. I got both of their autographs on my TESB t-shirt (not licensed, but the decal was - one from a shop that did custom T-shirts with iron-on decals; who remembers those in the malls?).
Another “What, he was still alive?”
I have a set of Pierre Cardin sheets. Had a pair of jeans at one time.
And then there was one.
Fond memories of Gilligan’s Island after school.
Was the island ever proven to be connected with the Dharma Initiative?
Reno is mourning for their native daughter. She was such a ray of sunshine. apparently she asked that any donations in her name be made to a local children’s museum, the Discovery (https://nvdm.org/). Only Ginger is left from the cast now : (
Warning - blinking ads and such.
Migosh, what would it be like if there were no LV?
Damn it:
She was 101.
Two bits of trivia: I think her earliest movie was modeling for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio. Her father, also a dancer, appears briefly in The Jazz Singer.
I never knew what he looked like. But I heard his voice for years at night on WRCJ.FM in Detroit, as his show was syndicated.
I missed this during the Christmas festivities (such as they were):