James Darren, the former teen idol and pop singer ... Over the years, Darren encountered many fans of his music, some of them unexpected. "I was in a pizza shop one day with a friend of mine.

James Darren, who became an instant teen idol as the boyish surfer Moondoggie in the "Gidget" movies and went on to a prolific career in TV and music, has died. He was 88.