She passed away from the virus

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/dawn-wells-dies-of-covid-19-mary-ann-on-gilligan-s-island-was-82/ar-BB1cm21J?ocid=msedgntp

STUNNING!

Just STUNNING! This was TOTALLY unexpected!!

You always thought she'd be around. At least around longer. Now Ginger is the last surviving castaway.

RIP Dawn Wells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz7gr4hSkNQ

STUNNING!

Just STUNNING!

You always thought she'd be around. At least around longer. Now Ginger is the last surviving castaway.

RIP Dawn Wells.

She lived until 82 which is a long blessed life, I would be happy to live past my 80's!

RIP Dawn. You were always my favorite castaway.

82 isn't young but she always stayed youthful looking.

Real shame. :(

:crying: (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yef5m)

Alf 2x02 028 - The Ballad Of Gilligan's Island - video Dailymotion (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yef5m)

I see my Mary Ann walking away.

:rip: Dawn Wells/Mary Ann.

So sorry to hear of Dawn's passing, and to know it was from Covid... :(:(:(

May she rest in peace.

Shocked because she appeared to be in good health.

STUNNING!

Just STUNNING!

You always thought she'd be around. At least around longer. Now Ginger is the last surviving castaway.

RIP Dawn Wells.
And Tina Louise hates being associated with this show, so the idea of being the last surviving member of Gilligan's Island can't exactly make her too happy.

So sorry to hear of Dawn's passing, and to know it was from Covid... :(:(:(

There is so much fake information about Covid you have to do a little digging to check the facts. MA posted this about Dawn in September of 2018:

"Gilligan's Island" star Dawn Wells hopes that fans of the beloved show might help her out of a financial jam.

TMZ reports that the actress best known for playing Mary Ann on the iconic show is about $200,000 in debt, an apparent result of medical bills and investment losses.

A friend has now launched a GoFundMe so that the former TV star can move to an assisted care facility, "hopefully in the motion picture home that she likes," the GoFundMe page says.

The pal says Dawn has had some difficult health battles of late. She spent last year recovering from a major surgery that "came close to killing her," the page says, and she also broke her knee earlier this year.

According to the GoFundMe page, Dawn said, "I just don't know what happened! I thought I would be just fine, but apparently I'm not. I've found myself with no home, husband or kids. I thank God every day that I have friends and fans who care or this whole thing would be too overwhelming!"

"Gilligan's Island" star Dawn Wells hopes that fans of the beloved show might help her out of a financial jam.

TMZ reports that the actress best known for playing Mary Ann on the iconic show is about $200,000 in debt, an apparent result of medical bills and investment losses.

A friend has now launched a GoFundMe so that the former TV star can move to an assisted care facility, "hopefully in the motion picture home that she likes," the GoFundMe page says.

The pal says Dawn has had some difficult health battles of late. She spent last year recovering from a major surgery that "came close to killing her," the page says, and she also broke her knee earlier this year.

According to the GoFundMe page, Dawn said, "I just don't know what happened! I thought I would be just fine, but apparently I'm not. I've found myself with no home, husband or kids. I thank God every day that I have friends and fans who care or this whole thing would be too overwhelming!"

"Gilligan's Island" star Dawn Wells hopes that fans of the beloved show might help her out of a financial jam.

TMZ reports that the actress best known for playing Mary Ann on the iconic show is about $200,000 in debt, an apparent result of medical bills and investment losses.

A friend has now launched a GoFundMe so that the former TV star can move to an assisted care facility, "hopefully in the motion picture home that she likes," the GoFundMe page says.

The pal says Dawn has had some difficult health battles of late. She spent last year recovering from a major surgery that "came close to killing her," the page says, and she also broke her knee earlier this year.

According to the GoFundMe page, Dawn said, "I just don't know what happened! I thought I would be just fine, but apparently I'm not. I've found myself with no home, husband or kids. I thank God every day that I have friends and fans who care or this whole thing would be too overwhelming!"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebri...cid=spartanntp

Clearly she had been ill health for some time and almost died during surgery a few years earlier.

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May she rest in peace.

Shocked because she appeared to be in good health.

She wasn't in good health, please see my response to 80'sTrivia.

So sorry to hear this. RIP, Dawn.

*eats a coconut cream pie in remembrance*

So shocking, I didn’t know about her health issues. That combined with COVID just was a bad combo. :(

Statement from Tina Louise:

“I was sad to learn of Dawn’s passing, I will always remember her kindness to me. We shared in creating a cultural landmark that has continued to bring comfort and smiles to people during this difficult time. I hope that people will remember her the way that I do – always with a smile on her face.”

Statement from Tina Louise:

“I was sad to learn of Dawn’s passing, I will always remember her kindness to me. We shared in creating a cultural landmark that has continued to bring comfort and smiles to people during this difficult time. I hope that people will remember her the way that I do – always with a smile on her face.”

Very sweet to hear from Tina

Barbara Eden remembers (https://twitter.com/Barbara_Eden/status/1344389001378201602) Dawn:
Oh Dawn, it is never easy to hear that a happy, charming friend has passed. You were always great fun and loved to laugh. Decades of laughter and good times together will remain with me always. Off the island, but forever in our hearts. -Barbara Eden #RIPDawnWells #RipMaryAnn

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eqg5Y1DW8AEBROV?format=jpg&name=900x900

And from Erin Murphy (https://twitter.com/Erin_Murphy/status/1344373087727276037) (AKA Tabitha Stephens):
Absolutely devastated to share the news that my lifelong friend, Dawn Wells, has passed away. She was feisty, funny, talented and beautiful. I’m heartbroken.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqgsMrSVkAARbpQ?format=jpg&name=small

And Tina Louise hates being associated with this show, so the idea of being the last surviving member of Gilligan's Island can't exactly make her too happy.

Do you think that Tina has actually mellowed about Gilligan’s Island over the past 20 years or so? She may have accepted the reality that it might not have lead to career progress or wealth, it was and is an amazing cultural phenomenon. It lead to more lasting fame for all of then than could have been imagined.

Then there was that Roseanne episode (https://gilligan.fandom.com/wiki/Roseanne) that featured all of the then surviving cast members. Tina was apparently, reluctant to do it, but Dawn Wells eventually talked her into it. She said when she arrived on set, the cast and crew were so overjoyed to see the Gilligan's Island cast there, and that's when it struck her that the show had meant so much to people and how fortunate she was to have been a part of it.

And Tina Louise hates being associated with this show, so the idea of being the last surviving member of Gilligan's Island can't exactly make her too happy.

I doubt she cares anymore

So sad to hear. May she R.I.P. This virus is so wretched.

Almost everyone from Gilligan's Island is gone...The Movie Star Ginger is now the lone survivor of the show.

Dawn Wells is now in Gilligan's Heaven.

Very sad to hear this. :( RIP Dawn Wells

I'm so sorry to hear this terrible news. RIP Dawn Wells. :crying::rip:

I see my Mary Ann walking away.
t4QK8RxCAwo

There is so much fake information about Covid you have to do a little digging to check the facts. MA posted this about Dawn in September of 2018:

"Gilligan's Island" star Dawn Wells hopes that fans of the beloved show might help her out of a financial jam.

TMZ reports that the actress best known for playing Mary Ann on the iconic show is about $200,000 in debt, an apparent result of medical bills and investment losses.

A friend has now launched a GoFundMe so that the former TV star can move to an assisted care facility, "hopefully in the motion picture home that she likes," the GoFundMe page says.

The pal says Dawn has had some difficult health battles of late. She spent last year recovering from a major surgery that "came close to killing her," the page says, and she also broke her knee earlier this year.

According to the GoFundMe page, Dawn said, "I just don't know what happened! I thought I would be just fine, but apparently I'm not. I've found myself with no home, husband or kids. I thank God every day that I have friends and fans who care or this whole thing would be too overwhelming!"

"Gilligan's Island" star Dawn Wells hopes that fans of the beloved show might help her out of a financial jam.

TMZ reports that the actress best known for playing Mary Ann on the iconic show is about $200,000 in debt, an apparent result of medical bills and investment losses.

A friend has now launched a GoFundMe so that the former TV star can move to an assisted care facility, "hopefully in the motion picture home that she likes," the GoFundMe page says.

The pal says Dawn has had some difficult health battles of late. She spent last year recovering from a major surgery that "came close to killing her," the page says, and she also broke her knee earlier this year.

According to the GoFundMe page, Dawn said, "I just don't know what happened! I thought I would be just fine, but apparently I'm not. I've found myself with no home, husband or kids. I thank God every day that I have friends and fans who care or this whole thing would be too overwhelming!"

"Gilligan's Island" star Dawn Wells hopes that fans of the beloved show might help her out of a financial jam.

TMZ reports that the actress best known for playing Mary Ann on the iconic show is about $200,000 in debt, an apparent result of medical bills and investment losses.

A friend has now launched a GoFundMe so that the former TV star can move to an assisted care facility, "hopefully in the motion picture home that she likes," the GoFundMe page says.

The pal says Dawn has had some difficult health battles of late. She spent last year recovering from a major surgery that "came close to killing her," the page says, and she also broke her knee earlier this year.

According to the GoFundMe page, Dawn said, "I just don't know what happened! I thought I would be just fine, but apparently I'm not. I've found myself with no home, husband or kids. I thank God every day that I have friends and fans who care or this whole thing would be too overwhelming!"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebri...cid=spartanntp

Clearly she had been ill health for some time and almost died during surgery a few years earlier.

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What point are you trying to make here? :rolleyes:

RIP Dawn. You were always my favorite castaway.

She was my favorite castaway too.

She lived until 82 which is a long blessed life, I would be happy to live past my 80's!

But it was unexpected because she wasn't sick or terminal or anything. We didn't know she had COVID which has a 99.7% survival rate according to news I just heard yesterday.

In my area of St.Louis a 100 year old COVID survivor was just on the news.

I doubt she cares anymore

Tina has embraced Gilligan's Island lately because she said it brought so much joy & happiness.

So sad to hear. She is in a better place now. R.I.P.

Statement from Tina Louise:

“I was sad to learn of Dawn’s passing, I will always remember her kindness to me. We shared in creating a cultural landmark that has continued to bring comfort and smiles to people during this difficult time. I hope that people will remember her the way that I do – always with a smile on her face.”

(wishes to know the source of this "Statement")

But it was unexpected because she wasn't sick or terminal or anything. We didn't know she had COVID which has a 99.7% survival rate according to news I just heard yesterday.

In my area of St.Louis a 100 year old COVID survivor was just on the news.

She was suffering from dementia since June

(wishes to know the source of this "Statement")

Here is the source:

https://apnews.com/article/dawn-wells-gilligans-island-coronavirus-07f52541b1e55711e5c40c4f8c73027d#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20will%20always%20remember%20her,a%20smile%20on%20her%20face.%E2%80%9D

Over 2,000 people a day are dying a day from Covid and it's heading for 3,000. :( Rest in peace Dawn. :(

What point are you trying to make here? :rolleyes:

I thought I explained it, but I go over it in a little more detail. Dawn was a very sick woman, she had medical issues related to dementia, respiratory issues, and had been in failing health for some time as reported by the post from MA in 2018. To report as the Daily News out of New York did that "COVID takes a TV Legend" is a ridiculously inaccurate presentation of the facts. If a woman with a cold was run over by a truck, it wouldn't be reported as woman with cold dies. This does nothing but fan the flames of the Covid hysteria rather than giving fans time to remember her and her iconic performance as Mary Ann.

I see my Mary Ann walking away.

From More Than A Feeling by Boston(1976)

Rest in peace, Dawn Wells(October 18, 1938-December 30, 2020)

I thought I explained it, but I go over it in a little more detail. Dawn was a very sick woman, she had medical issues related to dementia, respiratory issues, and had been in failing health for some time as reported by the post from MA in 2018. To report as the Daily News out of New York did that "COVID takes a TV Legend" is a ridiculously inaccurate presentation of the facts. If a woman with a cold was run over by a truck, it wouldn't be reported as woman with cold dies. This does nothing but fan the flames of the Covid hysteria rather than giving fans time to remember her and her iconic performance as Mary Ann.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/5fcedf17b1895d7e54fe47cdf3c5effd/tumblr_ooef94Q57n1r8dxfio2_540.gif

Thanks, doc! I was kinda worried, there, for a minute. I thought that Covid could actually kill people, but you've assured us that it has nothing to do with sepsis, organ failure, brain damage, lung damage, heart damage and exacerbating underlying health issues.

You have no idea what a relief it is to know that Covid is all just 'hooey'.. When I think of all the $$ I spent on masks and sanitizer.. And all I needed was to see you state that it doesn't exist and we're all just hysterical over nothing. Wow! New Year's gonna ROcK toNITE!!:thanks::yourock:

Whoo, That Fauci! Makes me mad! :mad: The nerve of somebody claiming all that nonsense and getting everybody's hackles up. And during The Holidays especially!











[/sarcasm]

Do you think that Tina has actually mellowed about Gilligan’s Island over the past 20 years or so? She may have accepted the reality that it might not have lead to career progress or wealth, it was and is an amazing cultural phenomenon. It lead to more lasting fame for all of then than could have been imagined.

Then there was that Roseanne episode (https://gilligan.fandom.com/wiki/Roseanne) that featured all of the then surviving cast members. Tina was apparently, reluctant to do it, but Dawn Wells eventually talked her into it. She said when she arrived on set, the cast and crew were so overjoyed to see the Gilligan's Island cast there, and that's when it struck her that the show had meant so much to people and how fortunate she was to have been a part of it.

Okay, that seems like a valid point. I could also mention the fact that she didn't appear for the "Surviving Gilligan's Island" special, but somehow that doesn't seem like it would be enough.

Perhaps it was the fact that Bob Denver wrote about Tina and her fiancé waking him up during a sexual tryst in her dressing room when he was trying to take a nap in his autobiography? I don't know.

https://68.media.tumblr.com/5fcedf17b1895d7e54fe47cdf3c5effd/tumblr_ooef94Q57n1r8dxfio2_540.gif

Thanks, doc! I was kinda worried, there, for a minute. I thought that Covid could actually kill people, but you've assured us that it has nothing to do with sepsis, organ failure, brain damage, lung damage, heart damage and exacerbating underlying health issues.

You have no idea what a relief it is to know that Covid is all just 'hooey'.. When I think of all the $$ I spent on masks and sanitizer.. And all I needed was to see you state that it doesn't exist and we're all just hysterical over nothing. Wow! New Year's gonna ROcK toNITE!!:thanks::yourock:

Whoo, That Fauci! Makes me mad! :mad: The nerve of somebody claiming all that nonsense and getting everybody's hackles up. And during The Holidays especial

Next time try to get your facts straight before posting. Are you challenging the information concerning the health challenges Dawn had. They were reported by various sources including TMZ, AP.

I challenge you to site any statement I made that asserted COVID was hooey. Here are the facts related to the COVID survival rates from the CDC:

Age Survival Rate
0-19 99.997%
20-49 99.98%
50-69 99.5%
70+ 94.6%

Dawn was 82, she had very serious health challenges, she was residing in a health related facility anything from the common cold to a 24 hour virus could have been enough to end her life, if you want to question anything question how she was exposed in the first place.

Do yourself a favor stick to searching for "The Incredible World of Ed Norton".









[/sarcasm]

I thought I explained it, but I go over it in a little more detail. Dawn was a very sick woman, she had medical issues related to dementia, respiratory issues, and had been in failing health for some time as reported by the post from MA in 2018. To report as the Daily News out of New York did that "COVID takes a TV Legend" is a ridiculously inaccurate presentation of the facts. If a woman with a cold was run over by a truck, it wouldn't be reported as woman with cold dies. This does nothing but fan the flames of the Covid hysteria rather than giving fans time to remember her and her iconic performance as Mary Ann.

Dawn had a fall in 2018 and injured her already bad knees, which left her hospitalized for a few months and required physical therapy.

Dawn had a fall in 2018 and injured her already bad knees, which left her hospitalized for a few months and required physical therapy.

That is true but her health issues were larger than that, this is from the TMZ report that MA posted:

"A friend has now launched a GoFundMe so that the former TV star can move to an assisted care facility, "hopefully in the motion picture home that she likes," the GoFundMe page says.

The pal says Dawn has had some difficult health battles of late. She spent last year recovering from a major surgery that "came close to killing her," the page says, and she also broke her knee earlier this year".

Also she reportedly had respiratory issues which I would rather not elaborate on in this thread. I thought Dawn was great in the show it is indeed very sad news for fans of the show.

Do you think that Tina has actually mellowed about Gilligan’s Island over the past 20 years or so? She may have accepted the reality that it might not have lead to career progress or wealth, it was and is an amazing cultural phenomenon. It lead to more lasting fame for all of then than could have been imagined.

Then there was that Roseanne episode (https://gilligan.fandom.com/wiki/Roseanne) that featured all of the then surviving cast members. Tina was apparently, reluctant to do it, but Dawn Wells eventually talked her into it. She said when she arrived on set, the cast and crew were so overjoyed to see the Gilligan's Island cast there, and that's when it struck her that the show had meant so much to people and how fortunate she was to have been a part of it.

Aww that’s so sweet!

Mary ann was my fav as well, very sad news indeed.

I challenge you to site any statement I made that asserted COVID was hooey.

You mean "cite". Okay, here's what you said, Hawkeye:

To report as the Daily News out of New York did that "COVID takes a TV Legend" is a ridiculously inaccurate presentation of the facts.

Then, you say:

If a woman with a cold was run over by a truck, it wouldn't be reported as woman with cold dies. This does nothing but fan the flames of the Covid hysteria..

Look Quincy, you downplayed the role of Covid in Ms. Wells' sad death in your original post, likening the virus to a common cold in a false logic tautology. You're darn tootin' I'm gonna jump all over that with the /sarcasm tag! Further, your assertion that reporting a Covid death is fanning "the flames of Covid hysteria" suggests that you think it is not all that dangerous. And, considering your CDC "numbers" that you got from wherever you got them, you really do think that it is no big deal, dont'cha?

Then you ask:

Are you challenging the information concerning the health challenges Dawn had. They were reported by various sources including TMZ, AP.

Well, Dr. Zorba, TMZ reported, and I quote:

"Her rep says Dawn died from COVID Wednesday."

It's on their site:
https://www.tmz.com/2020/12/30/gilligans-island-star-dawn-wells-played-mary-ann-dead-dies-82-covid-19/

That is the health challenge that, ultimately, took Ms. Wells' life. Looks, to me, like you are challenging the reporting from (in this case and example) TMZ. Can we get more accurate than a direct quote from Ms. Wells' representative?

You failed to acknowledge the deadly consequence of the virus as it pertained to Ms. Wells, ignoring even the possibility of a co-morbidity, even though it was stated by Ms. Wells' rep that the virus was the cause of death. Your "facts", your CDC percentages do not apply and mean nothing to me as, in this case, the real fact is backed up by your precious TMZ.

So to that end, in your medical opinion, would you argue that TMZ is inaccurate in their reporting, just like you say the Daily News was?!

:confused:

Do yourself a favor stick to searching for "The Incredible World of Ed Norton".

Great advice, Doc! I wish I could find that show. Do you know where we can find a copy of "Incredible World of Ed Norton"? My pal Frank has tried every which way of Sunday to get the Gleason family to release that show.

Side note:

I love that I'm engaging in a petty argument on a sitcoms forum, but the forum software thanked me for posting! Can you beat that?

:crazy::lol:

(wishes to know the source of this "Statement")

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/dawn-wells-dead-gilligans-island-mary-ann-1234876755/

Then there was that Roseanne episode (https://gilligan.fandom.com/wiki/Roseanne) that featured all of the then surviving cast members. Tina was apparently, reluctant to do it, but Dawn Wells eventually talked her into it. She said when she arrived on set, the cast and crew were so overjoyed to see the Gilligan's Island cast there, and that's when it struck her that the show had meant so much to people and how fortunate she was to have been a part of it.
I know I already replied, but I had to bring this portion of your post up.

FYI, I remember it well, and I loved it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Dgpwu0q1U

Oh just stop :rolleyes: it’s a tragedy that could’ve been prevented.

Oh just stop :rolleyes: it’s a tragedy that could’ve been prevented.

No one could have stopped the virus from coming into the United States.
COVID often (but not always) strikes people who already have health problems, as Dawn did. We really don’t know how much longer she would have lived if her health was as bad as the tabloids had reported. Dementia is irreversible.
I hope Tina, who is also in her 80s, is in good health.

Oh just stop :rolleyes: it’s a tragedy that could’ve been prevented.


Agreed-and that goes for so many others whose lives were lost to this! :(

You mean "cite". Okay, here's what you said, Hawkeye:



Then, you say:



Look Quincy, you downplayed the role of Covid in Ms. Wells' sad death in your original post, likening the virus to a common cold in a false logic tautology. You're darn tootin' I'm gonna jump all over that with the /sarcasm tag! Further, your assertion that reporting a Covid death is fanning "the flames of Covid hysteria" suggests that you think it is not all that dangerous. And, considering your CDC "numbers" that you got from wherever you got them, you really do think that it is no big deal, dont'cha?

Then you ask:



Well, Dr. Zorba, TMZ reported, and I quote:

"Her rep says Dawn died from COVID Wednesday."

It's on their site:
https://www.tmz.com/2020/12/30/gilligans-island-star-dawn-wells-played-mary-ann-dead-dies-82-covid-19/

That is the health challenge that, ultimately, took Ms. Wells' life. Looks, to me, like you are challenging the reporting from (in this case and example) TMZ. Can we get more accurate than a direct quote from Ms. Wells' representative?

You failed to acknowledge the deadly consequence of the virus as it pertained to Ms. Wells, ignoring even the possibility of a co-morbidity, even though it was stated by Ms. Wells' rep that the virus was the cause of death. Your "facts", your CDC percentages do not apply and mean nothing to me as, in this case, the real fact is backed up by your precious TMZ.

So to that end, in your medical opinion, would you argue that TMZ is inaccurate in their reporting, just like you say the Daily News was?!

:confused:



Great advice, Doc! I wish I could find that show. Do you know where we can find a copy of "Incredible World of Ed Norton"? My pal Frank has tried every which way of Sunday to get the Gleason family to release that show.

The nasty tone of your post makes it difficult to take it seriously. The CDC numbers are CDC numbers and they are good news, the survival rates are outstanding. My point, stories related to the passing of Dawn should not play up the COVID angle, she was very ill.

The nasty tone of your post makes it difficult to take it seriously. The CDC numbers are CDC numbers and they are good news, the survival rates are outstanding. My point, stories related to the passing of Dawn should not play up the COVID angle, she was very ill.

Well, fair enough. But, get ready-- the media is doing it again, now with Larry King. And it will keep happening.

Shocking and very sad news.

RIP Dawn :rip:

An appreciation of Dawn Wells: Gilligan's Island star's death leaves a small but not insignificant hole in the collective pop consciousness (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-12-30/dawn-wells-gilligans-island-mary-ann-appreciation)

Wells, who died (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dawn-wells-dead-mary-ann-gilligans-island-was-82-1149549) last week of a COVID-19-related illness, was able to infuse Mary Ann with a memorable persona (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/arts/television/dawn-wells-dead.html) despite her scant back story that left her out of the original opening credits. "I watched a lot of Gilligan’s Island in my time, though my specific memories are few," says Robert Lloyd. "A bit with hammocks, somebody in an ape suit, and there must have been an episode where a rock band landed on the island, right? But my impressions of creator Sherwood Schwartz’s tropical 'Godot' remain strong. I know, at least, that I am a Mary Ann person, just as I am for the Beatles and Beatle Paul: the down-to-earth, relatable choice, more approachable, less wild. (No one ever adds Mrs. Howell into the question, or for that matter asks 'Gilligan or the Professor?' That’s a subject for another time we will never get around to.) Hollywood glamour is all right, but Ginger, one suspects, would grow bored and boring after a while. Mary Ann might ask you about yourself, where you came from, how you were doing, even if it were just to be polite. And politeness matters. With her Dorothy Gale-from-Kansas togs and pigtails, she was a pinup of a particularly wholesome sort (and Wells herself was a former Miss Nevada). But still waters run deep, or so we might imagine of her. Nothing ran very deep on the show itself." ALSO: Wells was always considerate of superfans, as she demonstrated on a 2019 episode of Netflix's Love on the Spectrum (https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/dawn-wells-dead-gilligans-island-love-on-the-spectrum-1234877123/).

https://tvline.com/2021/01/04/dawn-wells-gilligans-island-marathon-metv-maryann/

MeTV's Dawn Wells Tribute

MeTV Network is set to take a three-hour tour of the late Dawn Wells‘ most memorable episodes of Gilligan’s Island.
The classic television network will celebrate its former brand ambassador with a presentation of “Best of MaryAnn” episodes, to air this Sunday, Jan. 10 from 2 to 5 pm ET. The titles on tap include “How to Be a Hero,” “Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes,” “The Second Ginger Grant” (truly a classic), “The Matchmaker,” “The Postman Cometh” and “Beauty Is as Beauty Does”.
Dawn Wells was “truly America’s sweetheart” and “a very special friend to the MeTV Network as our first official celebrity marketing ambassador,” Weigel Broadcasting vice chairman Neal Sabin said in a statement. “We will miss her, but her work on Gilligan’s Island will live forever.”

https://tvline.com/2021/01/04/dawn-wells-gilligans-island-marathon-metv-maryann/

MeTV's Dawn Wells Tribute

MeTV Network is set to take a three-hour tour of the late Dawn Wells‘ most memorable episodes of Gilligan’s Island.
The classic television network will celebrate its former brand ambassador with a presentation of “Best of MaryAnn” episodes, to air this Sunday, Jan. 10 from 2 to 5 pm ET. The titles on tap include “How to Be a Hero,” “Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes,” “The Second Ginger Grant” (truly a classic), “The Matchmaker,” “The Postman Cometh” and “Beauty Is as Beauty Does”.
Dawn Wells was “truly America’s sweetheart” and “a very special friend to the MeTV Network as our first official celebrity marketing ambassador,” Weigel Broadcasting vice chairman Neal Sabin said in a statement. “We will miss her, but her work on Gilligan’s Island will live forever.”
It would also be good if they aired her playing other characters on other shows to the tribute.

It would also be good if they aired her playing other characters on other shows to the tribute.

It's just going to be Gilligan's Island only.

I felt like my tummy was hurting when I first saw this news. My first thoughts were: "NOOOOOOOOO! Dawn Wells cannot die of COVID-19! She shouldn't even have been suffering from COVID-19 in the first place! Why couldn't it have been from cancer or MS instead?".:crying:

If Ms. Wells was trying to adhere to the anti-COVID guidelines as much as possible, how could she still have contracted the Nightmare Virus? I just wish we had more answers on this, and I should just be very angry at this point.

I was fearing that we aren't going to get out of this pandemic without at least ONE main-cast member of a long-running TV series dying from this virus (I know Gilligan's Island wasn't a long-runner, but still...).

:rip: Dawn Wells, one of the best hotties of classic U.S. television.

Dawn was wonderful. She'll be missed. It was impossible not to like her.

Rest in peace.

:rip: