R.I.P. Michael Gray, Billy Batson of CBS’s Shazam!

News Briefvia The A.V. ClubOctober 23, 2026

Television actor and former teen idol Michael Gray died on Friday of natural causes in Palm Desert, California, according to a family spokesperson. He was 75. Born in Chicago in 1951, Gray became famous for shouting “Shazam!” on the CBS Saturday morning series Shazam!, which transformed him into the adult superhero Captain Marvel (first played by Jackson Bostwick, then by John Davey).

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