{"id":30721,"date":"2026-07-08T15:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=30721"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:05:42","slug":"gidget-and-girl-happy-star-has-died-at-92-leaving-behind-a-legendary-hollywood-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=30721","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGidget\u201d and \u201cGirl Happy\u201d Star Has Died at 92, Leaving Behind a Legendary Hollywood Legacy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"35\" data-end=\"77\"><strong data-start=\"35\" data-end=\"77\">Actor and Artist Joby Baker Dies at 92<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"191\">Joby Baker, known for his roles in <em data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"122\">Gidget<\/em> and <em data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"139\">Girl Happy<\/em> alongside Elvis Presley, has died at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"293\">His family confirmed that Baker passed away from natural causes on June 22 at a hospital in Yonkers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"517\">Born in Montreal in 1934, Baker became known for his comedic roles in films and television during the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared in popular shows including <em data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"472\">The Twilight Zone<\/em>, <em data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"495\">The Donna Reed Show<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"516\">The Good Guys<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"608\">After leaving acting, Baker dedicated his life to painting and became a respected artist.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"754\">He is survived by his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. His legacy in both entertainment and art will continue to be remembered.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"754\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HIXC-cLfOmE?si=b7Wfh88kYsKTZnyr\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor and Artist Joby Baker Dies at 92 Joby Baker, known for his roles in Gidget and Girl Happy alongside Elvis Presley, has died at the age of 92. His family confirmed that Baker passed away from natural causes on June 22 at a hospital in Yonkers. Born in Montreal in 1934, Baker became known&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=30721\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\u201cGidget\u201d and \u201cGirl Happy\u201d Star Has Died at 92, Leaving Behind a Legendary Hollywood Legacy.&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30723,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30721\/revisions\/30723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}