Death of Deanna Durbin

December 4, 1921 - April 20, 2013
Paris, France | Age 91

Early Hollywood superstar dies at 91
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ANDREW DALTON, The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deanna Durbin, a star whose songs and smile made her one of the biggest box office draws of Hollywood's Golden Age with fans that included Winston Churchill, has died. She was 91.

Family friend Bob Koster of Los Angeles told The Associated Press that Durbin died on about April 20 in a village outside Paris, where she had lived out of public view since 1949. The exact date of her death was not known, and Koster also did not...

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