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"&lt;img alt=\"0116-Russell-Johnson-gilligans-island\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/01/16/0116-russell-johnson-gilligans-island-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The actor who played the Professor in \"&lt;strong&gt;Gilligan's Island&lt;/strong&gt;\" has died ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Russell Johnson, who played&lt;strong&gt; Professor Roy Hinkley,&lt;/strong&gt; died of natural causes at his home in Washington.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dawn Wells&lt;/strong&gt;, who played&lt;strong&gt; Mary Ann&lt;/strong&gt;, just posted on Facebook, \"My 2 favorite people are now gone.&amp;#160; The professor past (sic) away this morning.&amp;#160; My heart is broken.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other person who died is &lt;strong&gt;Bob Denver&lt;/strong&gt;, who played &lt;strong&gt;Gilligan&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;#160; He died in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnson was on the show from 1964 to 1967.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; Johnson was not in the original opening of the show.&amp;#160; He and Mary Ann were referred to as \"The rest.\"&amp;#160; But Denver insisted that they be included and that happened later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;Wells went on:&amp;#160; \"Russell was a true gentleman, a good father, a great friend, and 'the rest.'\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnson was married -- this was his third wife.&amp;#160; He passed away in hospice, surrounded by his wife and 2 kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnson was 89.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only surviving members of the original cast are Mary Ann and&lt;strong&gt; Ginger&lt;/strong&gt;, played by &lt;strong&gt;Tina Louise&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_1}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2014/01/16/russell-johnson-gilligans-island-remembering-photos/\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0116_russell_johnson_remembering_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/01/16/0116-russell-johnson-remembering-footer-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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