Article: Chorus Girl Ruby Keeler, `42nd St.' Star

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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