George Maharis, star of TV's 'Route 66' in the 1960s, has died at 94
Maharis, a native New Yorker, was one of seven children born to Greek immigrants. He hoped to be a singer but damaged his vocal cords, so he switched to acting.
LOS ANGELES — 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.
Maharis' friend and caretaker Marc Bahan said in a Facebook post that he died Wednesday. Bahan told the , which first reported
