Tina Louise spoke out following the death of her Gilligan’s Island co-star Dawn Wells.
The 86-year-old actress, who played movie starlet Ginger Grant on the popular 1960s TV sitcom, revealed that she was shocked to hear that her longtime friend passed away at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles following complications from COVID-19. Wells, who played Kanas farm girl Mary Ann Summers on the classic comedy series, was 82 when died.
“I’m very sad,” Louise told The New York Post. of Well’s unexpected death.
“Dawn was a very wonderful person. I want people to remember her as someone who always had a smile on her face. Nothing is more important than family and she was family. She will always be remembered… She was a person full of joy, and shared her joy with everyone.”
Louise revealed that she got the bad news about Wells via a phone call from a friend in Hollywood.
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