Singer Rosemary Clooney, one of 50s Hollywood's biggest celebrities, has died. Clooney's hits included "Come On-A My House" and "Mambo Italiano" and she co-starred in the 1954 classic White Christmas. She had five children with Academy Award -winning actor Jose Ferrer before getting a divorce in 1961. After a long period of semi-retirement, Clooney returned to the stage in 1976 in an anniversary concert that marked the start of her critically heralded return. Collaborator and lifelong friend Frank Sinatra praised her as "a symbol of good modern American music."
Passage, Rosemary Clooney, 74
Singer Rosemary Clooney, one of 50s Hollywood's biggest celebrities, has died. Clooney's hits included "Come On-A My House" and "Mambo Italiano" and she co-starred in the 1954 classic White Christmas. She had five children with Academy Award -winning actor Jose Ferrer before getting a divorce in 1961. After a long period of semi-retirement, Clooney returned to the stage in 1976 in an anniversary concert that marked the start of her critically heralded return. Collaborator and lifelong friend Frank Sinatra praised her as "a symbol of good modern American music."
