Dawn Wells, , Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island,' , Dead at 82 After COVID-19 Battle.<br />According to a spokesman, Wells died on <br />Tuesday at an assisted-living facility in CA <br />from complications related to COVID-19.<br />Wells is best known for playing Mary Ann <br />on the popular 1960s sitcom, 'Gilligan's Island.' .<br />[Mary Ann] was bright, fair-minded and reasonable, and I like to think that’s what I brought to her, Dawn Wells, via 'The Washington Post'.<br />While 'Gilligan's Island' only ran for <br />three years from 1964 to 1967.<br />reruns of the show cemented its place in <br />the history of American pop culture.<br />After 'Gilligan's Island,' <br />Wells worked mostly <br />on stage in the theater.<br />She had no immediate survivors
