Grease Actress Dies Biography
First Kenickie, now Cha Cha: Grease star Annette Charles dies at 63
First Kenickie, now Cha Cha: Grease star Annette Charles dies at 63
Just over two months after the death of Grease star Jeff Conaway, another cast member has passed away.
Annette Charles, who played racy dancer Cha Cha DiGregorio, died on Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles.
The brunette beauty was 63-years-old and had been suffering from cancer after being diagnosed a few months ago.
A representative for the actress confirmed to TMZ that she died from complications relating to the disease.
Cha Cha was the girl who stole Danny Zucco (John Travolta) from Sandy (Olivia Newton John) on the dancefloor during the school dance and was the on/off girlfriend of villain Craterface (Dennis Stewart).
Her 'hand jive' was one of the film's most memorable dance moves.
In the iconic film ,she was referred to as 'the best dancer at St Bernadette's... with the worst reputation'.
Before her role in Grease, Annette had a highly successful television career appearing in several long running series in the 1970s including Emergency! Barnaby Jones and The Bionic Woman.
After retiring from acting in 1978, she became a speech professor and taught at the California State University in Northridge.
Her co-star Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie, also died tragically, aged 60, earlier this year.
He was found unconscious in his Encino, California home on May 11 by his girlfriend Vicki who called an ambulance and had him rushed to hospital.
He had fallen into a coma and died on May 27 after his family chose to turn off his life support.
Conaway had been treating himself with pain pills and cold medicine while in a weakened condition, his manager Phil Brock said
Grease Actress Dies
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