Grease actress Annette Charles dies at 63

Annette Charles, known as Cha Cha DiGregorio in “Grease” died at age of 63 in succumbed cancer last Wednesday.

According to Tom LaBonge a Los Angeles councilman and a long time friend of Charles, she was died after a long battle with cancer.

Annette had recently started having difficulty breathing, a family member told the press and when she went to the doctor she learned that she had a cancerous tumor in one of her lungs. Apparently doctor’s caught the disease too late to prevent it from spreading”

Her show-stopping dance sequence with Danny Zuko (a.k.a. John Travolta) was one of the highlights of the 1978 film.

She was also appeared on many television shows during the 1970s and early 1980s, including "Barnaby Jones," ''The Bionic Woman," ''Magnum, P.I.," ''Bonanza," ''The Mod Squad," ''Gunsmoke" and "The Flying Nun."

Later she became a speech professor under her birth name, Annette Cardona, at California State University, Northridge.

“You and your insane dancing shoes will be missed, Annette. Let’s hoping she’s tearin’ it up at the big malt shop in the sky” a family member added.



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