# RIP Dawn 'Mary Ann' Wells **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [December 30, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292 "2020-12-30T20:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/21 "2020-12-31T06:18:31Z")
Be careful making pronouncemnts. We still have 22 hours and 42 minutes to go. Remember 1985? Rick Nelson? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/22 "2020-12-31T07:58:22Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Looks like the Movie Star is the only one left. Yes, Tina Louise is now age 86. Rest in Peace, Dawn Wells. I was in your camp, not Ginger’s. Here are the rest of the castaways, listed by when they passed away (hey, rhyme!): 2020-12-30 (aged 82) Dawn Wells, b. 1938-10-18 2014-01-16 (aged 89) Russell Johnson, b. 1924-11-10 2005-09-02 (aged 70) Bob Denver, b. 1935-01-09 1991-04-10 (aged 90) Natalie Schafer, b. 1900-11-05 1990-01-02 (aged 68) Alan Hale Jr., b. 1921-03-08 1989-07-03 (aged 76) Jim Backus, b. 1913-02-25 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/23 "2020-12-31T12:30:48Z")
Wow. The Skipper and Gilligan weren’t all that old when they died. Were falling coconuts involved? What, too soon? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/24 "2020-12-31T12:52:34Z")
Well, shit. At least now we have a definitive answer for the thread about who the most famous person to die from COVID is. Shit. RIP ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/25 "2020-12-31T16:07:37Z")
No more coconut cream pie; crap! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/26 "2020-12-31T16:14:17Z")
Rest in peace, Dawn. I was always a Mary Ann kind of guy, never saw the real appeal of Ginger. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/27 "2020-12-31T17:02:18Z")
In memoriam: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Sz7gr4hSkNQ/hqdefault.jpg "Gilligan's Island - The Honeybees") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz7gr4hSkNQ) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/28 "2020-12-31T17:04:17Z")
I got into _Gilligan’s Island_ through reruns on TBS, after school – me being a member of the first generation of Latchkey Kids. I looked forward to the half-hour chunks of time I spent on the island with my friends Gilligan, Ginger, Mary Anne, etc., in the same way that I looked forward to spending time with my friends Raj, Leonard, Sheldon, etc. four decades later. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/29 "2020-12-31T18:00:50Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Wow. The Skipper and Gilligan weren’t all that old when they died. Were falling coconuts involved? Our old buddy cancer. Bob Denver was a heavy smoker much of his life and died of throat cancer, Alan Hale was unlucky enough to develop thymus cancer. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/30 "2020-12-31T18:13:17Z")
I put this in the “Famous COVID victim” thread earlier today: > [@Who is the most famous person killed by covid-19 so far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/210): > > At least now she (Tina Louise) doesn’t have to worry about any more pesky reunions. wink Yes, I’m a bad person. I met Dawn Wells on one occasion back about 1990. One of her cousins was a co-worker of my wife and Dawn attended my wife’s firm’s swanky Christmas party in Vegas. She was a pleasant cordial person over our brief chat about many things (but not GI; I’ve got some social graces). I got the impression celebrity had become more a burden than a privilege many years before. She was s… She garnered several comments by others there too. ---
**Author:** ![TimothyNewsome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@TimothyNewsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimothyNewsome)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/31 "2020-12-31T19:34:57Z")
Maybe I am dreaming this, but didn’t Dawn Wells get busted 20 years back by getting caught trying to send a few fresh, fattie ounces of the Kind Stuff to Bob Denver (“Gilligan”) in the mail? (Also, who the heck puts thier real name and info on a package of fresh illegal dope they send to an old friend in the mail?) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/32 "2020-12-31T19:39:21Z")
What else would you expect from an ingenue like Mary Ann? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/33 "2020-12-31T19:51:01Z")
> [@TimothyNewsome](#): > > Maybe I am dreaming this, but didn’t Dawn Wells get busted 20 years back by getting caught trying to send a few fresh, fattie ounces of the Kind Stuff to Bob Denver (“Gilligan”) in the mail? In that case (in 1998), it looks like Denver initially said that he’d received the package from Wells, but apparently refused to testify to it when it went to court. > **[Family, Parenting, Pet and Lifestyle Tips That Bring Us Closer Together](https://littlethings.com/)** > > Stay connected to family and friends by sharing the LittleThings that spark joy. Then, in 2007, Wells was pulled over for driving erratically; police reported the smell of marijuana in her car, and found four smoked joints. She claimed that they were from hitchhikers that she’d picked up, and served five days in jail. [https://www.celebstoner.com/news/drug-bust-news/2020/12/30/dawn-wells-2007-marijuana-arrest/](https://www.celebstoner.com/news/drug-bust-news/2020/12/30/dawn-wells-2007-marijuana-arrest/) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/34 "2020-12-31T20:02:39Z")
Damn, my kind of girl. More reason to like and miss her IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/35 "2020-12-31T22:23:14Z")
There’s a book on _ **GI** _ that I’d love to order, if I can find it. Back in the '90s, a friend had a copy and told me some of the backstage stories related to the show. Bob Denver’s use of pot on the set was apparently legendary, as were the sounds that came from Tina Louise’s trailer/dressing room whenever her boyfriend dropped by. Also, Jim Backus was the only member of the cast allowed to improvise his dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/36 "2020-12-31T22:27:42Z")
When you find that book, get me a copy! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/37 "2020-12-31T22:37:27Z")
After tonight’s episode of _ **GI** _ on CHCH, there was a little tribute to Dawn like the ones on each night now for Alex Trebek. I thought that was a lovely touch on the station’s part. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/38 "2020-12-31T22:51:00Z")
She aged really, really well. RIP, Dawn. I loved _Gilligan’s Island_ when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/39 "2021-01-01T19:08:32Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Looks like the Movie Star is the only one left. So does she win the million dollars? (Sorry. I’ve a morbid sense of humour.) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/40 "2021-01-02T18:00:50Z")
Maybe they set up a tontine. Poor Ginger, wandering around the island alone swigging from the one bottle of rum they stashed 55 years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292.md?page=3)