The actor and singer James Darren has died at the age of 88. On screen, he was forever young, a teen heartthrob who starred in the "Gidget" beach movies. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has an appreciation.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88. Darren died in ...