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Darren McGavin was a film and stage actor whose career spanned more than five decades, during which he appeared in over 180 productions spanning film and television.

In addition, he has made a name for himself on the stage, having appeared in as many as eight Broadway productions.

As a result of his influence, many people believe that Mike Hammer is still alive years after his death.

Having said that, his net worth at the time of his death was estimated to be between $2 million and $6 million by some sources.

However, there is no solid evidence to back up these claims. However, based on his successful career, it is clear that Darren McGavin fared well financially before his death.

Darren McGavin: Birth, Parents, & Education

Although the world knows him as Darren McGavin, the American actor was born on May 7, 1922, in Spokane, Washington, as William Lyle Richardson.

Darren was raised as the only child of his parents, Reed D. Richardson and Grace (née Bogart) Watson, and later moved in with his father after his parents divorced when he was 11 years old.

Because his father worked as a traveling salesman for a chemical company, he was boarded with a family at their farm, but the young William later ran away before being found and enrolled in a boarding school.

He revealed that, at one point, both of his parents disappeared, despite being a constant runaway who eluded both the police and welfare workers.

He enrolled at the University of the Pacific with the intention of becoming an architect, but he soon dropped out.

Darren McGavin: Professional Career

Darren was already working with a local theatre group building scenery before dropping out, and after dropping out, he took a painting job at Columbia Pictures movie studios in 1945.

Darren McGavin auditioned for and received his first role as a student in A Song to Remember (1945) while still working as a painter. Soon after, he moved to New York to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio.

In 1949, the aspiring actor was cast as Happy Lohman in Death of a Salesman. Prior to returning to Hollywood, he appeared on Broadway in a number of plays, including My Three Angels and The Rainmaker in 1954. Simultaneously, he was appearing in theatre productions.

McGavin, who had already appeared in a number of films, appeared in Summertime, The Man with the Golden Arm, and The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell in 1955.

He had already appeared in over fifty films by the time he appeared in Still Waters Burn, which was shot in 1996 and released in 2008.

Darren was even more popular on television, where he appeared in a variety of series such as Casey, Crime Photographer (1951–1952), Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer (1958–1959), The Outsider (1968–1969), The Night Stalker (1972), and Murphy Brown (1989–1992), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1992.

Darren McGavin: Relationship Status

Darren McGavin had three marriages. The first was given to Anita Marie Williams in 1942.

By 1943, the marriage had ended in divorce, and only a year later, he married Melanie York for the second time.

The union produced four children: Bogart, York, Megan, and Bridget McGavin, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1969.

McGavin married American film and television actress Kathie Browne the same year his marriage to York ended.

Browne died in 2003, and the two remained together for the next 34 years.

The actress, who was born Jacqueline Katherine Browne in 1930, was a cancer survivor who died at the age of 72 from natural causes.

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Darren McGavin: Alive or Dead

While some people are still unsure whether the actor is alive or dead, he has been dead for some time. Darren McGavin died on February 25, 2006, in Los Angeles.

His son, Bogart, announced his death, and the cause of death was later revealed to be cardiovascular disease.

One thing that remains about McGavin’s death is that it was as mysterious as his life had been, with both being rather shocking and sudden.