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Author Topic: Cyd Charisse has passed away at 86 Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-17-2008 04:57 PM                     Former MGM musical dancing star has passed away from a heart attack in Los Angeles. She was 86 years old. Some of her films: The Band Wagon Ziegfeld Follies Silk Stockings Brigadoon Word and Music Till the Clouds Roll By The Harvey Girls It's Always Fair Weather Singin' in the Rain  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 06-18-2008 02:52 PM                     Shame. Anyone know if her husband Tony Martin is still around?  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-18-2008 03:29 PM                     Yes, he is still alive and performing as of Oct. of 2007 (show in NYC). He's 95 years old and will be 96 on Christmas day this year. They were married for 60 years.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-18-2008 03:37 PM                     I would have never guessed Cyd Charisse was from Amarillo, TX.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-18-2008 09:55 PM                       Me, neither. She had a very exotic look about her. And, she was hotter than hell in "Singin' in the Rain".  |  IP: Logged

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