Bob May died he was 69

Bob May died he was 69 1][2] was an American actor best remembered for playing The Robot on the television series Lost in Space which debuted in 1965 and ran until 1968, with May appearing in all 83 episodes inside a prop costume built by Bob Stewart with the robot's voice dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the narrator of the series.[3]
Born in New York City, May was the grandson of vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, half of the Olsen and Johnson comedy team famed for their for their crazy blackout gags and orchestrated mayhem. May's first experience in show business came when he was two-years old, when his grandfather had him appear in the Hellzapoppin comedy review, together with his partner Ole Olsen.[4](September 4, 1939 – January 18, 2009)[
May became an actor, stage performer, stuntman, director and public speaker, appearing in several films together with Jerry Lewis, including The Nutty Professor. He also performed in several television series, including The Time Tunnel (where he played played the role of Adolf Hitler in the 1967 episode titled "The Kidnappers"), McHale's Navy and The Red Skelton Show. May also worked as a stuntman, performing in television programs and movies of the 1950s and 1960s, among them Cheyenne, Hawaiian Eye, Palm Springs Weekend, Stagecoach, Surfside 6, The Roaring Twenties and 77 Sunset Strip.[4]
June Lockhart, who played Maureen Robinson in the series, said that May had insisted he got the job because he fit in the robot suit. Irwin Allen, the creator of the Lost in Space television series, selected May to fill the role of the robot, the sidekick of the Robinson family, after the two encountered each other on the studio lot after someone had sent May in about the part, with Allen stating that "If you can fit in the suit, you've got the job".[4]
The voice of the robot was performed by the show's announcer Dick Tufeld, including the show's catch phrase, "Danger, Will Robinson". He enjoyed playing the part inside the robot, describing the suit as his "home away from home". It was so difficult to get inside the suit, that he would stay inside even during breaks in filming. Because he couldn't respond to external cues, he would learn the lines of all of the actors in each show so that he would know when it was his line. During breaks, he would puff on a cigarette inside the suit, with the smoke coming out of the suit amusing other members of the cast.[4]
For years, May was a regular at autograph conventions in the Los Angeles area and around the country, sought after by fans of the show.[4]
May's home in an upscale mobile home park in the San Fernando Valley was destroyed in the November 2008 California wildfires that hit the Los Angeles area, though he and his wife were able to escape without injury.[5]
May died at age 69 on January 18, 2009 at a hospital in Lancaster, California of congestive heart failure. He was survived by his wife, Judith, two children and four grandchildren.[4]