'Gilligan's Island' Professor, actor Russell Johnson, dead at 89

Russell Johnson, who was best known as the Professor on “Gilligan's Island,” died Thursday in Washington state of kidney failure, according to his longtime agent Michael Eisenstadt. He was 89. From the 1950s through the 1980s, he guest-starred on 

Actor Russell Johnson, 89, who played the brainy Professor in nearly 100 episodes of the 1960s classic TV comedy series "Gilligan's Island," died Thursday morning at his home in Washington state. He died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes, said

(CNN) — Actor Russell Johnson, best known as Professor in the 1960s TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died Thursday, his agent said. Johnson was 89. Johnson played the iconic role of Professor Roy Hinkley, whose scientific schemes to get the castaways 

Russell Johnson, who played the professor on “Gilligan's Island,” died Thursday morning, his agent told TheWrap. He was 89. Johnson, the last surviving male castmember of the CBS sitcom, died at his home in Washington 

Russell Johnson, the veteran character actor who appeared in science fiction films and Westerns before earning enduring fame as “The Professor” on the classic 1960s sitcom “Gilligan's Island,” died on Thursday at the age of 89, his agent said. “He died