AFTERNOON? WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT YOUR FORCAST COMING UP IN A LITTLE
BIT.
ALL RIGHT, CECI, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
NOW FANS CONTINUE TO MOURN THE
DEATH OF ACTRESS DAWN WELLS
FOREVER4@ KNOWN AS THE WHOLESOME
CASTAWAY MARYANN ON THE
LEGENDARY TELEVISION SHOW
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.4@
HER PUBLICIST CONFIRMS THAT
WELLS DIED YESTERDAY FROM
CAUSES RELATED TO CAUVIN 19.
SHE WAS 82.
4@WELLS POPULARITY ONLY GREW IN
THE YEARS AFTER GILLIGAN'S
ISLAND WENT OFF THE AIR.
SHE WAS A4@ POPULAR FIXTURE ON
THE COMIC CONVENTION CIRCUIT
INCLUDING STOPS IN KNOXVILLE
FOR THE FANBOY EXPO.
HERE'S MORE FROM THEIR PROMOTER
AND PRODUCER ON HER INTERACTION
WITH FANS >>.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF
BUBBLE4@ IN THE COMIC-CON WORLD
AND4@ TO SEE THE REACTION IN THE
COMIC-CON WORLD WHICH IS
EXTREME SADNESS BECAUSE SHE MET
A LOT OF PEOPLE4@ AND SHE KIND F
SHE4@ HAD A SPECIAL PLACE TO A
LOT4@ PEOPEL SO THOSE PEOPLE THT
GOT TO SIT DOWN AND MEET HER
WITH HER EVEN IF IT WAS FOR
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES WERE
REALLY LARGELY IMPACTED.
SHE4@ WAS VERY SELF AWARE THAT
SHE WAS REPRESENTING NOT ONLY
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND BUT KIND OF A
THAT PAS4@T ERA OF TV, THAT
CLASSIC ERA OF TV4@ BECAUSE
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THOSE
PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL ALIVE,
MUCH LESS EVE4@N OUT THERE
MEETING FANS AND REPRESENTING
THAT TIME4@ PERIOD.
AND SO SHE WAS VERY SELF AWARE
THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HER
TO CONNECT WITH THOSE FANS AND
ACTUALLY BUILD NEW FANS4@ TO
WATCH GILLIGAN'S ISLAND OR ANY
OTHER OF THOSE4@ OLD SHOWS.
YOU LEAVE IT TO SHOWS LIKE
THAT.
FANS LOVED HER BECAUSE SHE WAS
ALWAYS MARIANNE.
SO ANY TIME THAT YOU WALKED UP
TO HER SHE4@ SHE WASN'T PUTTING
ON.
SHE WASN'T ACTING.
SHE WAS SHE WAS ACTUALLY THAT
PERSON.
SO THAT CHARACTER OF MARIANNE
YOU SAW ON THE SHOW THAT WAS
DON IN REAL LIFE.
SHE WAS JUST A VERY GIVING TYPE
OF PERSON AND SHE WANTED EVERY
SINGLE FAN THAT WALKED UP TO
HAVE A GOOD4@ EXPERIENCE4@ WITH
OF PERSON AND SHE WANTED EVERY SINGLE FAN THAT WALKED UP TO HAVE A GOOD4@ EXPERIENCE4@ WITHR
.
HE HAD HER THREE SEPARATE TIMES
IN.
I4@ THINK 2016.
SO I GOT TO KNOW HER VERY WELL
.
VIA THOSE APPEARANCES AND ALSO
JUST THROUGH4@ PHONE
CONVERSATIONS AND I EVEN GOT TO
GO OUT TO DINNER AND SOME4@ SPET
SOME TIME WITH HER AND SHE WAS
ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO ME.
SHOOT.
SHE WAS JUST4@ ALMOST LIKE A
GRANDMA OR AN AUNT AND IT WAS
JUST A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
WE WE HAVE4@ A LOT OF CELEBRITIS
THAT COME OUT AND USUALLY4@ WE'E
LIKE OH I REALLY DON'T WANT TO
WORK WITH INPERSON AGAIN OR
WE'RE LIKE ME.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SPEND
MORE TIME WITH THAT PERSON.
SHE WAS IN THAT LATTER CATEGORY
OF SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE SO
WE REALLY4@ TRY AND NOT PROMOTE
ON SOMEBODY'S DEATH BUT IT
REALLY IS A4@ CASE OF THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GO OUT4@
AND HAVE A PERSONAL MEETING, A
PERSONAL MOMENT WITH4@ ONE OF
YOUR HEROES OR EVEN TO SOMEBODY
THAT YOU HAVE ADM4@IRED ON THE
BIG4@ SCREEN OR ON THE SMALL
SCREEN4@.
AND IT'S B4@EEN REALLY TOUGH FOR
US THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE
LAST4@ COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE
WE LOST DAVE PROUSE AND JERRY
BULLOCK FROM STAR WARS UNIVERSE
AND BOTH OF THOSE WERE4@ THEY
WERE NOT ONLY FRIENDS OF FAMILY
BUT PERSONAL FRIENDS OF MINE
AND A LOT OF THE STAFF MEMBERS
AND A LOT OF FANS IN KNOXVILLE
BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN IN
KNOXVILLE4@ HALF A DOZEN TIMES
BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN IN KNOXVILLE4@ HALF A DOZEN TIMES4@ OVER THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT
YEARS.
SO IT REALLY I CAN'T STRESS
ENOUGH HOW IT IS IF IF IT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO4@ MEET THEE
PEOPLE, YOU'VE GOT TO GO OUT
AND DO IT AND I THINK WE XPO
OUR MOTTO REALLY IS TO TO BE
ABLE TO GO4@ MEET THOSE HEROES
AND BEFORE THAT IT'S JUST TOO
LATE AND >> DON WELLS ALSO
VISITED GATLINBURG4@.
TAMMY AND RAY SHARPE SHARED
THIS PICTURE WITH HER FROM
OCTOBER4@ OF TWO THOUSAND AND
THREE AT THE GATLINBURG
CONVENTION CENTER.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT HER
AUTOGRAPH BOOTH4@.
DON WELLS