Gavin MacLeod Dead at 90 Sad news for Hollywood today. Gavin MacLeod, best known for his roles as Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat and Murray Slaughter on Mary Tyler Moore, has died. He was 90 years old. The actor was also an ambassador for Princess Cruises. The following statement has been released to the
Gavin MacLeod, who cracked wise on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and guided “The Love Boat” with a steady hand, has died at 90. The actor died early Saturday morning, his nephew, Mark See, told Variety. No cause of death was given, but Variety reported that he had been in poor health in recent months. MacLeod shot to fame with his portrayal of Murray Slaughter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” .
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Gavin MacLeod has died. Best known for his TV roles first, as endearingly sadsack TV writer Murray Slaughter on
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and later as stalwart
Love Boat skipper Captain Stubing MacLeod was a fixture of American television for the better part of two decades, and a veteran actor besides. Per
TMZ, he died early this morning, of undisclosed causes. MacLeod was 90.
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After an early stint trying to make headway in the New York acting scene of the mid-1950s (and ditching his birth name, Allan See, for his more dynamic stage name), MacLeod got his start on TV in 1957, beginning a long series of day-part roles playing heavies on shows like