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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Dawn Wells, the US actress best known for playing Mary Ann on the 1960’s TV sitcom Gilligan’s Island died on December 30 of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 82 in a nursing home in Woodland Hills, California. The news was confirmed to multiple media outlets by her spokesman, Harlan Boll.

Before playing naive farm girl Mary Ann, Wells was Miss Nevada in the 1960 Miss America pageant. On Gilligan’s Island, Wells stars with movie star Ginger Grant, played by actress Tina Louise. Their stereotypical characters feud with each other, and fans of the show are still divided today. The two, along with three other passengers: Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, and Russell Johnson, set sail on a “three hour tour” on the USS Minnow, captained by Skipper (Alan Hale), and the title character Gilligan, played by Bob Denver. However, they encountered a typhoon, and got shipwrecked on an unknown island in the Pacific, where rescue efforts were often thwarted by Gilligan’s mistakes and goofs.

The show was not very popular during its original run, but achieved great success during reruns in the late 60’s and 70s. With the passing of Wells, Tina Louise is the only actor alive from the show.

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