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Reno native Dawn Wells, who starred as Mary Ann in the popular 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19 in Los Angeles, according to her publicist. She was 82. ....
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TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Even as broadcast network shows return to the air this month, production on programs at most of the major studios in Los Angeles did not resume as scheduled this week due to rising covid-19 cases. Many series were pushed back to a Jan. 11 production restart and others, including NBC’s partially Pittsburgh-set “This is Us,” delayed production until Jan. 18. The “Grammy Awards” telecast, slated for Jan. 31, was postponed until March 14 and L.A.-based late-night shows starring Jimmy Kimmel and James Corden left their studios again and resumed taping from the hosts’ homes. ....
Today on The List, New Years superstitions do you have any? Maddie & Tae’s Maddie Marlow says SHE doesn’t have any but won’t be eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s day that’s for sure. “I don’t have any superstitions, because the black-eyed peas made me throw up one year, so I’m not a fan of the black-eyed peas thing anymore. So, I just go into a new year with a good mind set, and just start at that” Black eyed peas giving good luck is a superstition in the South that dates back to the civil war. ....
Dawn Wells, who parlayed her girl-next-door charm and wholesome beauty into enduring TV fame as the sweet-natured desert island castaway Mary Ann on the classic 1960s sitcom ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ died on Wednesday at age 82, her publicist said. Wells, who won the title of Miss Nevada in 1959 and competed in the Miss America contest, died from complications of COVID-19, publicist Harlan Boll said in a statement. This Oct. 2, 1978 file photo shows the cast of Gilligan s Island, from left, Russell Johnson, as the professor; Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III; Natalie Schafer, as Mrs. Howell III; Alan Hale Jr., as the skipper; Bob Denver, as Gilligan; Judith Baldwin replacing original cast member Tina Louise, as Ginger, and Dawn Wells, as Mary Ann, posing during filming of a two-hour reunion show, The Return from Gilligan s Island, in Los Angeles. ....
Meego (1997). Gilliganâs -themed episodes had a certain camp value. Even her career as an author related directly to the series. Mary Annâs Gilliganâs Island Cookbook, which included Skipperâs Coconut Pie, was published in 1993. What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life, a memoir she wrote with Steve Stinson, appeared in 2014. Mary Annâs advice in the book included this thought: âFailure builds character. What matters is what you do after you fail.â The San Francisco Book Review called the book âa worthwhile mix of classic values and sincerity . Asked decades later about her favourite Gilliganâs Island episodes, Ms Wells mentioned âAnd Then There Were None , which included a dream sequence in which she got to do a Cockney accent. She also cited âUp at Bat , an episode in which Gilligan (Bob Denver) imagined that he had turned into Dracula. ....