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Topic: Sandra Dee Dies at 63
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Dave Mills Prowler Junkie Posts: 5419 From: Johnstown, PA, USA Registered: JUL 2000
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posted 02-20-2005 06:31 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Sandra Dee, a perky blonde teen matinee idol of the 1950s and 1960s who played the title role in the surfer film "Gidget," died Sunday in Thousand Oaks, California, a hospital spokeswoman said. Dee died shortly before 6 a.m. at Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center near Los Angeles, spokeswoman Cynthia Mead said. She was 63. A family spokesman, Steve Blauner, told Reuters that Dee's death was caused by complications from kidney disease. Dee's son, Dodd Darin, whose father, Bobby Darin, was also a popular movie idol and pop singer of the same era, told CNN his mother had been hospitalized for two weeks prior to her death for kidney disease and pneumonia. A former child actress and model, Dee made her film debut in "Until They Sail" in 1957. She rose to stardom in the 1959 film "Gidget," about a teenage girl who falls for a surfer. The same year Dee and Troy Donahue starred as teenage lovers in the popular film "A Summer Place." In 1960, Dee married Darin. Together the young duo starred in "Come September" (1961), "If A Man Answers" (1962), and "That Funny Feeling" (1965). Dee also took over the title role from Debbie Reynolds in the popular "Tammy" film series, starring in "Tammy and the Doctor," (1963) and "Tammy Tell Me True" (1961). Dee and Darin divorced in 1967 and her career faded shortly thereafter. She never remarried. Her popularity was briefly revived after the film "Grease" (1978) patterned a lead character after her and named one of its signature songs "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee." She was portrayed last year by Kate Bosworth in the film "Beyond the Sea," which also starred Kevin Spacey as Darin.
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tangled up in BLUE Prowler Junkie Posts: 11086 From: New Castle, Ind Registered: DEC 2000
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posted 02-20-2005 06:34 PM
Just saw that a few minutes ago....I saw an interview with her a few weeks ago about the movie....
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butchcee Prowler Junkie Posts: 7476 From: Lake Ariel, Pa. Registered: SEP 2000
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posted 02-20-2005 06:45 PM
WOW-too bad. Makes me feel OLD
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Cheryl McMillen Prowler Junkie Posts: 59 From: Discovery Bay, CA USA Registered: AUG 2001
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posted 02-20-2005 06:52 PM
quote: Originally posted by butchcee: WOW-too bad. Makes me feel [B]OLD[/B]
not old Butchee....just very mature... I am sorry to hear...takes me back to my youth...
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Dave Mills Prowler Junkie Posts: 5419 From: Johnstown, PA, USA Registered: JUL 2000
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posted 02-20-2005 06:52 PM
Butchee: I thought the same thing when I read it....I figured I might as well post it and make you guys feel old too!
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ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 From: Mesa, Az Registered: JUL 2000
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posted 02-20-2005 07:20 PM
Dave,,,,,you succeeded. I'm glad you are older than me, lol.
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jd2ksilver Prowler Junkie Posts: 4360 From: Mt. View, CA Registered: JUL 2000
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posted 02-20-2005 09:05 PM
That's really to bad. May sound wierd, but I always thought she was nice, you know, just a nice person.
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CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 From: Rochester Hills, MI USA Registered: JUL 2000
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posted 02-20-2005 10:25 PM
Definitely a shame...........she was one of the "nice" actresses.
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Lone Ranger Prowler Junkie Posts: 2120 From: Sedalia Mo USA Registered: MAY 2003
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posted 02-20-2005 11:05 PM
She always seemed like a decent person. Makes me feel old as well.
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