NOW. BELOVED ACTOR JAMES DARREN HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 88. ACCORDING TO VARIETY, SUCH THING AS THE NEXT BEST THING TO LOVE. HE WAS A TEEN IDOL BACK IN THE 50S AND 60S, ACCORDING TO VARIETY. DARREN DIED TODAY AT CEDARS-SINAI HOSPITAL IN LA. HE HAD AN ICONIC CAREER, APPEARING IN MOVIES LIKE GIDGET, ACTING IN SHOWS LIKE STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE AND T.J. JIMMY DARREN WAS ALSO A TALENTED SINGER AND DIRECTOR. HIS SON, JIM MORRELL, TOLD VARIETY THA