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In 1964, Hale married former singer Naomi Grace Ingram, to whom he remained married until his death. Death. Hale died on January 2, 1990, of thymus cancer at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles at age 68. His body was cremated, and his ashes were sprinkled into the Pacific Ocean.
- Alan Hale Sr
Charles Boyer, Stanley Fields and Hale in Algiers (1938)...
- Thymus Cancer
The thymus (pl.: thymuses or thymi) is a specialized primary...
- Gretchen Hartman
Marriage and death. Hartman married actor Alan Hale Sr., and...
- Dawn Wells
Alan Hale Jr., who played The Skipper on Gilligan's Island,...
- Alan Hale Sr
Jan 2, 2022 · Hale died at St. Vincent Medical Center after one month in the hospital, according to Bonnie Churchill, a family spokeswoman. According to Hale’s death certificate, he had battled the disease for two years, and it was labeled as a “thymic lymphoma,” a type of blood cancer.
- Marisa Sullivan
- Senior Reporter
Jan 4, 1990 · Alan Hale Jr., an actor who gained fame as the jolly Skipper in the television series ''Gilligan's Island,'' died of cancer of the thymus on Tuesday at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Los...
Alan Hale Jr., a veteran character actor best remembered as the blundering but likable skipper of a charter boat that for three television seasons during the 1960s was shipwrecked on...
On January 2, 1990, Alan Hale Jr. died at age 68 of thymus cancer at St. Vincent Medical Center (SVMC) in Los Angeles, California. Upon his death, his remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
- March 8, 1921
- January 2, 1990
It’s been over 31 years since the memorable actor lost his battle with thymus cancer in January of 1990. Alan Hale jr. battled the rare form of cancer for several months before his death. Thymus cancer is cancer of the small organ located just behind the sternum, just in front and above the heart.
Jan 3, 1990 · LOS ANGELES - Actor Alan Hale Jr., who appeared in 65 films but was best known for playing the jovial skipper who led a zany band of castaways on television's ``Gilligan's Island,'' died of...