SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — One of the last surviving main cast members of Gilligan’s Island has died of COVID-19.
Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann Summers on the 1960s sitcom, died at age 82, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Now, the beloved show has just one surviving main cast member left: Tina Louise, who played Ginger. The CBS sitcom centered around three women and four men who were stranded after their sight-seeing tour boat got shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Promotional portrait shows the cast of ‘Gilligan’s Island’ as they listen to a portable radio, early 1960s. Pictured are, from left, American actors Russell Johnson (as the Professor, in white shirt), Alan Hale Jr. (1918 – 1990) (as the Skipper, in blue shirt), Bob Denver (1935 – 2005) (as Gilligan, in red shirt), Dawn Wells (as Mary Ann, hand on chin), Tina Louise (as Ginger, standing), Jim Backus (1913 – 1989) (as Thurston Howell III, holdig radio), and Natalie Schafer (1900 – 1991) (as Mrs. Howell). (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images) 
From left to right, sex-kitten Ginger (Tina Louise), girl-next-door Mary Ann (Dawn Wells), and millionairess Mrs. Howell (Natalie Schaefer) in a scene from the 1960s television comedy Gilligan’s Island. 1964-1967 
UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 30: Actress Dawn Wells visits Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family” at Universal Studios Hollywood on September 30, 2019 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images) 
ALL MY CHILDREN – Greenlee’s “Cast-away” fantasy – 2/19/02 Greenlee (Rebecca Budig) lapses in and out of consciousness, dreaming she’s Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Island” on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002 on Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Daytime’s “All My Children”. Vanessa/”the millionaire”‘s wife” (Marj Dusay) arrives with Dr. Joe/”the Skipper” (Ray MacDonnell) and insists Greenlee/”Mary Ann” go with her so she can kill her. Greenlee/”Mary Ann” and Erica/”Ginger” (Susan Lucci) believe Vanessa/”the millionaire’s wife” is serious. Greenlee/”Mary Ann” has problems getting help from Jake/ “the Professor” (J. Eddie Peck) and Leo/”Gilligan” (Josh Duhamel), who beg her to choose between them; but Greenlee/”Mary Ann” has already chosen. Vanessa/”the millionaire’s wife” says Greenlee/”Mary Ann” is going to die, and Greenlee/”Mary Ann” saves herself by slugging “the millionaire’s wife”. (Photo by Virginia Sherwood/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images) MARJ DUSAY, J. EDDIE PECK, REBECCA BUDIG, RAY MACDONNELL, JOSH DUHAMEL, SUSAN LUCCI 
Actress Dawn Wells on Circle Line Pier. Dawn is best know for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom, Gilligan’s Island. (Photo By: Richard Corkery/NY Daily News via Getty Images) 
PARSIPPANY, NJ – OCTOBER 28: Vic Dibitetto and Dawn Wells attend 2016 Chiller Theatre Expo at Parsippany Hilton on October 29, 2016 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage)
Mary Ann was the sweet one among a movie star and an older rich woman with a flair for drama.
