George Maharis, star of Route 66 and Fantasy Island, dies at 94
msn.comFacebook, close friend Marc Bahan wrote: 'George is well known for his stardom in Route 66, stage productions, singing, artist, and above all a great guy would do anything for anyone.
My dear friend, you’ll be terribly missed. 'George's biggest success came in 1960 when he landed the role of Buz Murdock on Route 66, a spinoff of the hit police procedural Naked City.
He was the sidekick to series mainstay Martin Milner, who passed away in 2015 and played the central role of Tod Stiles, a college grad who crisscrossed the United States in his Corvette convertible.
Route 66 followed the characters of Tod and Buz as they faced a variety of adventures on the road. George's character embodied a hip swagger in the vein of Jack Kerouac, but he eventually was forced to leave the series in season three due to an infectious case of hepatitis.
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