According to Moret, the beloved actor, known for playing the charismatic beach boy in the popular classic “Gidget,” in which he starred alongside famous late actress Sandra Dee, died while he was asleep in a hospital in Los Angeles.
Sandra Dee and James Darren in a scene from “Gidget” in 1959. | Source: Getty Images
The late talent’s son revealed further that his dad had been admitted to the hospital the week prior (the week of August 26) to undergo an aortic valve replacement.
