Gavin MacLeod, who became one of the most beloved faces on TV as a wisecracking TV news writer on ’The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and then as the amiable skipper of ’The Love Boat’, died at his home in California.
Love Boat captain Gavin MacLeod dies at 90 Share Updated: 5:17 PM EDT May 29, 2021 Chris Pizzello FILE - IN this July 31, 2018 file photo shows actor Gavin MacLeod during a panel discussion on the PBS special Betty White: First Lady of Television during the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) SOURCE: Chris Pizzello
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 5:17 PM EDT May 29, 2021 Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved stardom as Murray Slaughter, the sardonic TV news writer on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” before going on to even bigger fame as the cheerful Capt. Stubing on “The Love Boat,” has died. He was 90.MacLeod died early Saturday, his nephew, Mark See, told Variety. MacLeod’s health had been poor recently but no cause