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Article: Chorus Girl Ruby Keeler, `42nd St.' Star
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 1, 1993
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Copyright informationCopyright 1993 Chicago Sun-Times. (Hide copyright information)
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Ruby Keeler, the cherub-faced starlet who tap-danced her way to
fame in the '20s, died Sunday.
She died of cancer at her home in Rancho Mirage near Palm
Springs, Calif., said her son, John Lowe. The centerpiece of Busby
Berkeley's motion picture chorines was 83.
Her life resembled the rags-to-riches musicals she made famous.
She rose from poor New York chorus girl to Hollywood star, never
losing the confectionary expression or girl-next-door reputation
despite a celebrated marriage to and divorce from Al Jolson.
Ethel Hilda Keeler ...
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