Despite the fact that the AAP warned that crib bumpers could pose a serious safety risk to infants as early as 2008, little has changed when it comes to what expectant parents can find in their local baby super storeâin part because baby bedding is big business.
Actor Bob Denver dies at 70. Actor Bob Denver, best known for his roles as Gilligan on Gilligan's Island (1964-1967) and Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959-1963), died Friday at the age of 70. Denver gained popularity on Dobie Gillis, playing the title character's best friend, a beatnik.
Howdy Doody Host Dies. Buffalo Bob Smith, the man who made Howdy Doody Time the right time for baby boomers in the 1940s and 1950s, died today of cancer. He was 80. The iconic kiddie TV-show host passed away in a hospital near his North Carolina home. The Howdy Doody Show ran for 13 years during the Golden Era of the tube.