Gilligan’s Island actress Dawn Wells dead at 82 from COVID-19 complications

Published December 30, 2020 9:55pm ET



Dawn Wells, a star of the popular television show Gilligan’s Island, died at age 82 from complications arising from COVID-19, according to her publicist.

Wells, who played Mary Ann Summers on the 1960s hit show, died at a hospital in Los Angeles on Wednesday and is survived by her stepsister Weslee Wells.

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