– Only Mary Ann and Ginger are left now. Russell Johnson, who played "the professor" on Gilligan's Island, has died at age 89, reports E! Online. Johnson has a long list of acting credits to his name, but it was his role on that show from 1964-67 that is by far his best remembered. TMZ notes some trivia: In season one, the show's well-known theme song didn't mention "the professor" (full name, Professor Roy Hinkley) or "Mary Ann" (played by Dawn Wells), instead referring to them as "the rest." That changed in season two, at the insistence of Gilligan himself, the late Bob Denver. Only Wells and Tina Louise, who played Ginger, survive from the main cast. "Russell was a true gentleman, a good father, a great friend, and 'the rest,'" Wells posted on Facebook. "I love him and shall miss him."
Let's expand this into a news article: About The Professor's comical obliviousness to Ginger, Mary Ann and various female guest stars' advances, Johnson said they definitely kept his character "asexual" on purpose. 
  
 "They didn't want anything going on in the show that had anything to do with sex, in the cast," he explained. "They kept him a guy who didn't really know what was going on. They brought Zsa Zsa Gabor in once for the show, and she makes a play for The Professor. She was all over him. And he's talking about [butterflies] and flora and fauna." 
  
 "My 2 favorite people are gone now. The Professor [passed] away this morning," Wells wrote on Facebookalong with a pic of her, Johnson and Denver. "Russell was a true gentleman, a good father, a great friend, and 'the rest.' I love him and shall miss him. My heart goes out to Connie and his daughter Kim. I love you." 
  
 Married three times, Johnson is survived by his wife, actress Constance Dane, stepson Courtney Dane and daughter Kim from his second marriage. His son, David, died of AIDS in 1994, inspiring Johnson's activism as a fund-raiser for AIDS research. 
  
 —Reporting by Michelle Falls and Marcus Mulick ||||| Long before he was known as "The Professor" in the cult comedy classic Gilligan's Island (1964), Russell Johnson was a well-known character actor, starring in several Westerns and Sci-Fi classics as This Island Earth (1955) and It Came from Outer Space (1953). Johnson grew up in Pennsylvania and was sent to a boarding school in Philadelphia with ... |||||

– With reshuffles, insecurity, and infighting, President Trump's legal team is starting to resemble his White House team, insiders say. The president—who has been more vocal than ever in recent days about his displeasure with Robert Mueller's investigation—shook up his legal team again on Monday, bringing in Joseph diGenova, a "wild card" former US attorney known for attacking the FBI and the Justice Department on conservative media outlets, reports the Hill. DiGenova—who once described former FBI director James Comey as "the dirtiest cop in America"—claimed two months ago that the FBI and DoJ plotted to "illegally exonerate" Hillary Clinton then "frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime" if she still lost the election, CNN reports. Sources tell the Washington Post that Trump is listening to friends who are telling him he needs to take a more aggressive stance against the Mueller probe, and complaining about his lawyers, especially Ty Cobb, who has urged him to cooperate with Mueller. The lawyers, meanwhile, are feuding among themselves. "This is not some complicated chaos theory of management—it’s just chaos," said Chris Whipple, author of a history of White House chiefs of staff. "Common sense tells you that it’s critical that everyone be on the same page, not just the White House staff but especially the legal team on whom he's relying for survival." Lead lawyer John Dowd has denied reports that he is considering quitting. "I'm sitting here working on the president's case right now," he told the New York Times on Monday night. (The White House says Trump isn't planning to fire Mueller.)

Let's expand this into a news article: Update, March 22, 2018: John Dowd, the president’s lead lawyer in the special counsel’s investigation, has resigned. Read the latest, here. 
  
 WASHINGTON — President Trump’s legal team was poised for a shake-up on Monday, according to two people briefed on the matter, as he openly discussed firing one of his lawyers, another considered resigning and a third — who pushed theories on television that Mr. Trump was framed by the F.B.I. — joined the roster. 
  
 Mr. Trump has weighed aloud in recent days to close associates whether to dismiss his lawyer Ty Cobb, who had pushed most strongly a strategy of cooperating fully with the special counsel investigation. The president reassured Mr. Cobb that he had no plans to fire him, according to a person who spoke with the president late Monday, in part to prevent a narrative that his team was in disarray after The New York Times began making inquiries. 
  
 Mr. Trump’s lead lawyer, John Dowd, has contemplated leaving his post because he has concluded that he has no control over the behavior of the president, the two people briefed on the matter said. Ignoring his lawyers’ advice, Mr. Trump has reverted to a more aggressive strategy of publicly assailing the inquiry that he initially adopted in the weeks immediately after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was appointed. Now the president has begun attacking Mr. Mueller himself. ||||| President Trump Donald John TrumpHouse Republicans push Mulvaney, Trump to rescind Gateway funds Pruitt spent K flying aides to Australia to prep for later-canceled visit: report Rosenstein told Trump he is not a target of Mueller probe: report MORE is adding prominent white-collar attorney Joseph diGenova to his personal legal team, the latest sign of an increasingly aggressive stance toward special counsel Robert Mueller Robert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE’s investigation. 
  
 The White House insists that there are no plans to fire Mueller. But Trump’s own tweets and his decision to hire diGenova — a former U.S. attorney who has attacked the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) in conservative media outlets — are the latest signs that the president is moving to discredit Mueller’s probe. 
  
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 The confrontational posture comes as Mueller’s investigation has reportedly extended to Trump’s personal business empire, and as the White House and the special counsel negotiate the parameters of a potential interview. 
  
 “It shows they’re taking this very seriously and recognize that it’s not going away any time soon, and that the stakes are just climbing higher,�? said former U.S. Attorney John Wood. 
  
 DiGenova has been a fixture in the Washington, D.C., legal community for years. He is married to Victoria Toensing, who represents an informant at the center of the Uranium One investigation being conducted by Republicans in Congress. 
  
 Like Trump, diGenova has a harsh assessment of former FBI Director James Comey James Brien ComeyJustice to provide access to Comey memos to GOP lawmakers Judge questions whether DOJ gave Mueller too much power Justice Dept inspector asks US attorney to consider criminal charges for McCabe: reports MORE. DiGenova has described Comey as “the dirtiest cop in America�? and accused him of destroying the FBI’s reputation with his “bizarre personal behavior.�? 
  
 The New York Times first reported on diGenova’s hiring, and in that story highlighted his past claim that the Justice Department had framed Trump by “creating a false crime�? of collusion. One prominent legal figure described diGenova to The Hill as “a wild card.�? 
  
 DiGenova joins a team of Trump’s personal lawyers who have freely attacked the special counsel, breaking from the more reserved stance the president’s White House legal team has taken up to now. 
  
 Trump attorney Jay Sekulow is a frequent guest on Fox News’s “Hannity,�? where he has railed against alleged corruption at the FBI and DOJ and demanded a second special counsel investigate what he describes as irregularities in the separate investigations into Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJustice to provide access to Comey memos to GOP lawmakers Justice Dept inspector asks US attorney to consider criminal charges for McCabe: reports 'Homeland' to drop Trump allegories in next season MORE and Trump. 
  
 On his Monday radio show, Sekulow detailed the chain of events he said wrongly led to the special counsel investigation of Trump and called out individuals at the DOJ and FBI by name for alleged anti-Trump bias. 
  
 “You have to look at the totality of circumstances here and ask yourself, what is happening?�? Sekulow said. 
  
 Sekulow’s remarks came one day after another of Trump’s personal attorneys, John Dowd, sent Washington into a frenzy by calling for an end to the special counsel. 
  
 Dowd publicly pressured Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod Jay RosensteinRosenstein told Trump he is not a target of Mueller probe: report Justice to provide access to Comey memos to GOP lawmakers Judge questions whether DOJ gave Mueller too much power MORE, who is overseeing the special counsel because Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsAppeals court rules against Trump effort to hit 'sanctuary cities' Justice Dept inspector asks US attorney to consider criminal charges for McCabe: reports Poll: Almost two-thirds of Texas voters support legal recreational marijuana MORE recused himself, to “bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation�? that he said had been “manufactured�? by Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Andrew George McCabeJustice Dept inspector asks US attorney to consider criminal charges for McCabe: reports James Comey and Andrew McCabe: You read, you decide GOP lawmakers demand Sessions investigate Clinton, Comey MORE, whom Sessions fired on Friday night. 
  
 Dowd said the entire special counsel investigation was “based upon a fraudulent and corrupt dossier�? compiled by British spy Christopher Steele and paid for in part by Democrats, including the Clinton campaign. 
  
 That statement preceded a round of blistering tweets from the president, in which Trump vented his frustration with Mueller and singled him out for criticism by name for the first time. 
  
 Trump accused Mueller of stocking his team with Democrats and said the special counsel was a “witch hunt�? that was rife with “massive conflicts of interest.�? 
  
 The White House quickly sought to throw cold water on the notion that Mueller’s firing was immanent. 
  
 “There are no conversations or discussions about removing Mr. Mueller,�? deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Monday. 
  
 Ty Cobb, who leads the president’s White House legal team, issued a similar statement. 
  
 “The President is not considering or discussing the firing of the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller,�? Cobb said in a statement. 
  
 The White House position has long been that it is cooperating with Mueller in the hopes that he would conduct a swift investigation that clears the president of wrongdoing. 
  
 Cobb had been hopeful that the special counsel would wrap by the end of 2017 or in early 2018. 
  
 The White House legal team believes it has finished providing the thousands of internal documents the special counsel requested. Cobb’s team has been in a holding pattern, even as media reports indicate that Mueller’s probe has expanded to include everything from the Trump Organization to Jared Kushner Jared Corey KushnerTillerson believes Kushner was responsible for rumors of ouster: report The danger in firing Rod Rosenstein Relations with Latin America sour under Trump MORE’s business dealings to a private meeting with a Russian official at an exclusive island resort in the Indian Ocean. 
  
 Still, Robert Ray, the former independent counsel for the Whitewater investigation during the Clinton administration, says that as long as Cobb is in charge of the White House legal team, any notion that there has been a change in legal strategy is overblown. 
  
 “Ty Cobb has been the constant fixture here,�? Ray said. “There’s no indication anything has changed until he’s no longer in the loop. There is still a sense that they’re operating under the principle that the White House will cooperate and hand over the relevant witnesses and documents to try to bring this to a close. There will always be a political atmospherics and outside lawyers joining or leaving, but there haven’t been any fundamental changes.�? 
  
 Mueller still has the confidence of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, with several Republicans warning Trump against firing him on Monday. 
  
 Mueller, a Republican, was confirmed in a 98-0 vote to lead the FBI in 2001 under George W. Bush and by a 100-0 vote when Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaJudge rules against Trump administration in teen pregnancy prevention case Parkland student rips Obama for essay on shooting survivors Obama pens Time 100 entry for Parkland survivors MORE asked him to continue in the role in 2011. 
  
 “I think there would be a number of unintended consequences [if Trump were to fire Mueller] and I’m not going to speculate what those are,�? said Sen. John Cornyn John CornynSenate confirms Trump’s pick to lead NASA DOJ denies reports judicial nominee once called illegal immigrants 'maggots' Overnight Energy: Trump NASA pick advances after drama | White House office to investigate Pruitt's soundproof booth | 170 lawmakers call for Pruitt to resign MORE (R-Texas). 
  
 Even Fox News host Sean Hannity, who is friends with Trump and pillories Mueller every night on his top-rated cable show, sought to dampen speculation that the special counsel would be fired. 
  
 Hannity made a rare appearance on the morning show “Fox & Friends,�? a program that the president is known to watch, and offered a word of caution about Mueller. 
  
 “If I was advising the president, I’d say, let this investigation go forward. We’re probably coming to the end of it, if I had to render a guess, and it would be in his best interest 
  
 probably not to comment,�? Hannity said. 
  
 “All the president was saying was, this [special counsel investigation] should never have been. This never should have happened,�? Hannity continued. “I would argue we’re 
  
 getting to the end of the process. There’s not going to be any firing of Mueller.�? 
  
 The president saw the segment and tweeted out praise for Hannity shortly after it was over. ||||| (CNN) President Donald Trump will hire an attorney to join his personal legal team who has alleged the President is being framed by a group of FBI and Justice Department officials, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. 
  
 The longtime Washington attorney, Joseph diGenova, is expected to join the President's legal team at a time when Trump is taking a more aggressive approach to publicly dealing with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, lobbing a series of attacks against Mueller on Twitter over the weekend. 
  
 The New York Times first reported on diGenova's hiring. 
  
 DiGenova declined to comment when reached by CNN. 
  
 "Former US Attorney for the District of Columbia Joe DiGenova will be joining our legal team later this week. I have worked with Joe for many years and have full confidence that he will be a great asset in our representation of the President," Jay Sekulow, counsel to the President, told CNN. 
  
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