Gavin MacLeod~⚰️ 

 The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat Actor, Dead at 90

Died early Saturday morning in the company of his loved ones and caretakers. The actor had been in and out of the hospital for months with varying illnesses, but an official cause of death has not been reported.

Perhaps best known for playing Murray Slaughter on 

The Mary Tyler Moore Show, played the head writer of the fictional TV station that Mary Richards worked at. 

He appeared in all 168 episodes over seven seasons.

On The Love Boat, spent a decade playing Captain Merrill Stubing in a total of 250 episodes, including its accompanying TV movies and one episode of the 1998 revival series, Love Boat: The Next Wave.

 These two career highlights landed him a total of five Golden Globe nominations.