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James Darren, actor and singer of ‘Gidget’ teen idol fame, dies at 88
James Darren, who found teen heartthrob fame as Moondoggie in the surfer film “Gidget” and whose scenes of sun-kissed beaches with star Sandra Dee helped launch the California surfing craze, died Sept.
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2 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was
He had been diagnosed recently with an aortic valve problem, a statement on Darren’s website said.
Over more than five decades, Darren built an eclectic career that included hit songs with his silky baritone and films such as “The Guns of Navarone” (), in which he played a Greek anti-Nazi fighter alongside a star-filled cast that included Anthony Quinn and Gregory Peck.
On television, he had recurring roles on shows such as the police drama “T.J. Hooker” as a veteran cop and the sci-fi series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” playing holographic lounge singer Vic Fontaine.
Yet for many fans, he was forever the dark-haired surfer of “Gidget” who struggled over whether to leave