โGilliganโs Islandโ star Dawn Wells dies, COVID-19 cited
1938: Actress Dawn Wells, best known for playing farm girl Mary Ann Summers on the 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island," is born in Reno, NevadaLOS ANGELES โ Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom โGilligan's Island,โ died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19, her publicist said. โThere is so much more to Dawn Wellsโ than the โGilligan's Islandโ character that brought her fame, Boll said in a statement. Then came โGilligan's Island,โ a goofy, good-natured comedy that aired from 1964-67 that became an unlikely but indelible part of popular culture. Wells' comely but innocent Mary Ann complemented Louise's worldly Ginger, and both became innocuous '60s TV versions of sex symbols. Dawn is survived by her stepsister, Weslee Wells, Boll said.