As one of five kids, I never saw 'Gilligan's island' when it was a 'new' show but I watched it on weekday afternoon reruns religiously a few years later!!!Probably my earliest crush, Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on the TV program, "Gilligan's Island" is dead at 81 of COVID. In her later years, she became an advocate for rescued elephants.
Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island,' dies of Covid-19 complications at 82
Dawn Wells, who played the lovable castaway Mary Ann Summers on "Gilligan's Island," died in Los Angeles on Wednesday from Covid-19 complications, her publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to CNN.www.cnn.com