She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
Harlan Boll
she die peacefully her sleep decline health old age spokesman harlan boll say
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman <m> Harlan Boll </m> said .
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Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman <m> Harlan Boll </m> said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward .