# RIP Dawn 'Mary Ann' Wells

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292>\
**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:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/41 "2021-01-03T03:47:21Z")

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RIP, Dawn. You’ll always be the “hot one” to me. ☹

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**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/42 "2021-01-05T19:31:10Z")

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Posthumously clued in today’s NYT Crossword

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/43 "2021-01-09T19:27:55Z")

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MeTV will have a Dawn Wells tribute tomorrow afternoon from 2 - 5. Mainly episodes of “Gilligan’s Island” with plots which center on Mary Ann.

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**Author:** ![TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TiberiusNeroClaudius)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dawn-mary-ann-wells/929292/44 "2021-01-09T23:19:18Z")

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Apparently the three people that were in the pilot:Kit Smythe (Ginger), Nancy McCarthy (Bunny) and John Gabriel (the professor) are still alive although Smythe is apparently pretty obscure.

Like so many others in the business at the time, the cast members got the short end of the stick in residuals.

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