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Vera-Ellen Dies at 55 Dancer of Golden Era
Vera-Ellen Roche a famed dancer with Fred Astaire Gene Kelly and Bing Crosby dies of cancer at 55 in UCLA Medical Center Hollywood Lyles calls her one of the great screen dancers Her career spanned Broadway films like White Christmas On the Town and The Belle of New York Her last film was Lets Be Happy in 1957 Funeral services will be private with a memorial at Westwood next Tuesday.
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