'Gilligan's Island' star Dawn Wells, dead from Covid 19

[Don Draper]

Dawn Wells, the actress best known for her role as Mary Ann in the '60s sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died Wednesday from COVID-19 complications, her representative told USA TODAY. She was 82.

Wells died Wednesday morning at 7:30 in Los Angeles from "causes related to COVID," representative Harlan Boll told USA TODAY in an email. He said she "passed peacefully... in no pain."

Portrayed as a perky wholesome Kansas farm girl, Wells told USA TODAY in 2019 the series always provided some life lessons beyond the comedy.

“It was a fun, silly show that made you laugh and didn’t preach to the audience,” she said. “But there was an awful lot in the character of Mary Ann that kids could learn from today: She was fair, she pitched in to help, she had standards, she wasn’t worried about a $500 purse, and she would be your best friend you could trust".

 

[jerimander]

I hope Tina Louise aka Ginger, is ok.

 

[Eagleeyes]

So sad

 

[unassuming]

RIP

 

[Fun For All]

Sad to hear...such a pretty girl.

 

[Indiana]

I just watched her yesterday on Gilligans Island show.
A cutie. Always wanted to eat her coconut cream pie.

RIP.
“In no pain” is the way to go.

 

[kennedy1963]

RIP Dawn-watched the show always

 

[Uniforms Please]

Sad news, she was always the forgotten about hot chick on the show.

 

[bazokajoe]

Watched this show everyday after school. One of my all time favourite shows.

 

[Tony2000]

She was supposed to be the "average" one compared to Ginger.
In fact, she was Miss Nevada in 1959.

 

[unassuming]

I hope Tina Louise aka Ginger, is ok.

She is the sole living former cast member from G.I.
She's 86.

 

[harryass]

RIP Dawn Wells.

 

[wazup]

The show only ran for 3 years with little success, most was through syndication a few years later. My favorite episode was when skipper hit Gilligan with his hat.

 

[bazokajoe]

The show only ran for 3 years with little success, most was through syndication a few years later. My favorite episode was when skipper hit Gilligan with his hat.

So every episode!

 

[Fun For All]

The show only ran for 3 years with little success, most was through syndication a few years later. My favorite episode was when skipper hit Gilligan with his hat.

I liked Wrong Way Feldman...

 

[Knuckle Ball]

Very sad news.

RIP

 

[Insidious Von]

Dawn Wells was gorgeous.

It was the image of Mary Ann that I appreciated more as an adult than a child. She represented the type of girl that made you look like a God, adapted to any situation and wasn't depended on you for her life. Almost the perfect woman...never met a Mary Ann.

 

[luvdog]

RIP Dawn Wells, you will be missed.
Luvdog

 

[Robert Mugabe]

Way hotter than Ginger. She was at Vancouver Pacific Mall back in the 80's for a book signing or something. Saw her sitting at a table marketing whatever she was selling. Very prim and proper in a pant suit. No short shorts. sigh.

 

[redshank]

Ginger was "Good Rooking"