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07 Sep 2018, 10:11 am

Broke 'Gilligan's Island' and 'Bonanza' star Dawn Wells turns to fans to pay $194,000 hospital bill

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Dawn Wells - the actress who played Mary Ann Summers in the hit CBS sitcom 'Gilligan's Island' - has fallen into hard times with a financial crisis.

Seeking financial assistance from her fans, a friend of the 79-year-old actress has even set up a GoFundMe fundraising campaign [ https://www.gofundme.com/help-dawn-wells ] to help her with 'hospital costs', the page describes. Wells is in the hospital after 'breaking her knee which required hospitalization for two months,' revealed TMZ.

Wells needs $194,000 to cover her hospital bills, the page describes "to help [Dawn] move and pay her hospital costs as well as future expenses." The page was started on August 27 and has received contributions from 696 people so far.

For those wondering why the established actress had to resort to public help for her finances, the page also reveals that Wells lost all her savings back in 2008, due to the 'banking crash'.


Note: the GoFundMe campaign has so far raised $120,000 of the $180,000 needed.