{"id":953,"date":"2020-06-29T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2020-06-29T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:49:25","slug":"mary-ann-from-gilligans-island-has-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/?p=953","title":{"rendered":"Mary Ann from &#8220;Gilligan&#8217;s Island&#8221; Has Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn&#8217;t exactly fun news to start the week off with:&nbsp; <strong>DAWN WELLS<\/strong> . . . a.k.a. Mary Ann from <strong><em>&#8220;Gilligan&#8217;s Island&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> . . . is battling dementia at an assisted living facility.&nbsp; And now she&#8217;s got a problem with a nosy &#8220;fan&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dawn&#8217;s manager recently filed legal documents to protect her from a guy who&#8217;s allegedly been trying to take advantage of her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He says the guy has been writing and calling Dawn since March, telling her he wants to marry her, while extracting personal info from her, like her social security number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite her condition, Dawn has rejected his advances, but he won&#8217;t go away, and it&#8217;s causing her, quote, &#8220;great mental angst.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dawn&#8217;s manager thinks he&#8217;s capable of physically harming her.&nbsp; Luckily a judge agreed, and barred him from coming within 100 yards of her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/06\/27\/gilligans-island-dawn-wells-dementia-mary-ann-restraining-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>(Dawn is one of only TWO of the seven castaways from &#8220;Gilligan&#8217;s Island&#8221; still with us.\u00a0 The other is Ginger . . . TINA LOUISE.\u00a0 She&#8217;s 86.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;Gilligan&#39;s Island&#39; Star Dawn Wells Has Dementia, Gets Restraining Order <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ecCWwgvCwI\">https:\/\/t.co\/ecCWwgvCwI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/1277270568824381441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t exactly fun news to start the week off with:&nbsp; DAWN WELLS . . . a.k.a. 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