'Gilligan's Island' Star Russell Johnson Dies at 89

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Brian Anthony Hernandez
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'Gilligan's Island' Star Russell Johnson Dies at 89
From left: Alan Hale Jr., as the Skipper, Russell Johnson as the Professor and Bob Denver as Gilligan in 1966. Credit: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

Russell Johnson, who played the Professor on 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, died Thursday, according to Facebook posts from co-star Dawn Wells. He was 89.

"My 2 favorite people are now gone," Wells (Mary Ann on the show) wrote on Facebook, also alluding to Bob Denver, who portrayed Gilligan and died in 2005. "The Professor [passed] away this morning. My heart is broken."

Johnson's wife, Constance, told ABC News he died of kidney failure: "He died at home, peaceful, in his sleep at 5:21 a.m. today."

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Post by Dawn Wells.

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Post by Dawn Wells.

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