Mary Ann dies at 83 from COVID complications

[MillCreek]

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/951518880/mary-ann-from-gilligans-island-dawn-wells-has-died-of-the-coronavirus?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2ELtZqrlWTVn27R1rJq00HcoVRXSRxQ-0VvkhL-O3Q49AmOj84N7BkHGk

The SS Minnow has lost another passenger.

[BobR]

It is a sad day on the island but really, doesn't any elderly person die from anything but Covid-19 anymore? A white woman born in 1940 (She was born in 1938) had a life expectancy of 66.6 years. She beat the odds, lived longer than expected and who knows what underlying conditions she had. I would like to see some factual reporting of deaths during these Covid times.

This:

Mary Ann From 'Gilligan's Island,' Dawn Wells, Has Died Of The Coronavirus

is not a factual teaser headline IMO.

bob

[Ben]

RIP. She seemed like a very nice person in real life.

FTR, I was a Mary Ann man in the "Ginger vs Mary Ann" debate.

[MillCreek]

^^^I was also a Mary Ann kind of guy.  I met her a couple of times at UW events.  She was an alumni.  I made the coconut pie recipe from her cookbook and it was pretty good.

Tina Louise (Ginger) is the sole surviving cast member.  

ETA: link to recipe:  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-13-tm-22291-story.html

[Brad Johnson]

Not only was she a sweet person, she used her fame to do good thinga.

RIP, fair Lady.

Brad

[grampster]

She showed up a Grand Rapids Griffins (primary Detroit Red Wing AHL minor league team) hockey game at an intermission.  That was probably early 2000's.

[RoadKingLarry]

RIP. She seemed like a very nice person in real life.

FTR, I was a Mary Ann man in the "Ginger vs Mary Ann" debate.

She always seemed like a very decent person.
I was a Mary Ann > Ginger person as well.
Also Jeanie > Samantha but Ellie May Vs Granny was always a tough call.

[HeroHog]

Betty VS Wilma?

[230RN]

She always seemed like a very decent person.
I was a Mary Ann > Ginger person as well.
Also Jeanie > Samantha but Ellie May Vs Granny was always a tough call.

For the record:



            Irene Ryan, "Granny"

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Loved you, Dawn!  Rest, favorite lady !

Terry

Pic credit in properties

[K Frame]

What? No one listed after Mrs Howell?

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[TommyGunn]

What? No one listed after Mrs Howell?

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Hey man,  she was a MARRIED woman.   And her husband could afford many expert hitmen!

[HankB]

A couple of years ago - well before the CCP virus - I remember reading Dawn Wells had some sort of serious health issue. So maybe the CCP virus was just the final straw.

[Doggy Daddy]

Hey man,  she was a MARRIED woman.   And her husband could afford many expert hitmen!

And a cradle robber.  She was 13 years older than Mr. Howell.

[WLJ]

Also Jeanie > Samantha

Choices Choices

[230RN]

    Natalie Schafer aka Lovey Howell

It's sometimes surprising to compare famous people as they were young v. older.

I was a young, brash, snotty, mean little ill-mannered kid, but as I grew older.... ummmm.  Nevermind.

[Hawkmoon]

Choices Choices

No contest. Jeannie for the win. I've always lusted after Barbara Eden.

[MillCreek]

A couple of years ago - well before the CCP virus - I remember reading Dawn Wells had some sort of serious health issue. So maybe the CCP virus was just the final straw.

I think it was.  I read in another article that she had been living in an assisted living/skilled nursing facility for some time before her death.

[lee n. field]

I think it was.  I read in another article that she had been living in an assisted living/skilled nursing facility for some time before her death.

dementia, is what I read elsewhere.  Interwebz rumor, YMMV.

[HankB]

. . . It's sometimes surprising to compare famous people as they were young v. older. . . .

Yep - here's the legendary sex kitten, Bridget Bardot.

[WLJ]

Some women age like a fine wine others like milk  

[MechAg94]

RIP. 

RIP. She seemed like a very nice person in real life.

FTR, I was a Mary Ann man in the "Ginger vs Mary Ann" debate.

I question the point of that debate.  My best answer is "yes" since I doubted I would ever be in a position where both were interested in me.   

[Hawkmoon]

It's sometimes surprising to compare famous people as they were young v. older.

Yepp.

Seen any recent photos of Daisy Duke?

[BobR]

Yepp.

Seen any recent photos of Daisy Duke?

Well, she is 66 years old now. Hopefully she is aging gracefully and not artificially.

bob

[230RN]

Jeannie v Samantha

Jeannie was supposed to be sexy.

Samantha was supposed to be housewifely.

I let that color my thinking, too.

[Hawkmoon]

Well, she is 66 years old now. Hopefully she is aging gracefully and not artificially.

bob

Definitely not artificially ...