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Gavin MacLeod, The Love Boat’s Captain Stubing, dies aged 90

MacLeod, also known for the Mary Tyler Moore Show, died at his home in California

Gavin MacLeod, the actor who achieved fame as sardonic TV news writer Murray Slaughter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and cheerful Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, has died aged 90.

MacLeod died early Saturday at his home in Palm Desert, California, said Stephanie Steele Zalin, his stepdaughter. She attributed his death to his age, saying he had been well until very recently.

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