Death of Betty Garrett

May 23, 1919 - February 12, 2011
Los Angeles, California | Age 91

Broadway star dies at 91
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ANDREW DALTON, The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty Garrett, the vivacious Broadway star who played Frank Sinatra's sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, has died in Los Angeles, her son said Sunday. She was 91.

Garrett died Saturday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, most likely from an aortic aneurysm, said her son, Garrett Parks. Garrett had been in good health and taught her usual musical comedy class at Theater...

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