She was one of our favorites from the 60’s and 70’s TV and you have seen her in recent years, on TV Land… Dawn Wells, known as Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, has passed away today, at age 82…. ‘Gilligan’s Island’ star Dawn Wells dies, COVID-19 cited https://t.co/zJy34j4g1Z pic.twitter.com/EHwyPHLnVb — FOX8 WGHP (@myfox8) December 30, 2020 RIP Dawn pic.twitter.com/zINIfiTA1M — Mandy Watson (@Squad_Six_Mom) December 30, 2020 (CNN)Dawn Wells, who played the loveable 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.