George Maharis of Route 66 fame has died....

[Blansky]

George Maharis, a stage-trained actor with rough-hewn good looks who became an icon to American youth in the 1960s as he cruised the country in a Corvette convertible in the hit television series “Route 66,” has died.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/a...aris-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/29/11786...6-<br /> dies

Information on Route 66
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelroute66/index.htm

[sah]

Loved the show. The car was awesome but there is no way I could slide my legs now under the steering wheel.
He will be missed.

[VictorGMT]

Originally Posted by Blansky

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George Maharis, a stage-trained actor with rough-hewn good looks who became an icon to American youth in the 1960s as he cruised the country in a Corvette convertible in the hit television series “Route 66,” has died.

Wow, we are down to just one George... Chakiris.

Fitting that we lost Rick Dalton at 90 last week, according to Tarantino.