Esther Williams, whose swimming talents translated into over-the-top production numbers for MGM in the 40s and 50s, has died at the age of 91. Her movies, with their forgettable titles and meaningless ...

Hollywood Icon Esther Williams died this week. Besides being a movie star and a champion swimmer, she also offered Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon some swimming tips when they met back in 1999.

Shortly before her death at age 91 in 2013, Esther Williams revisited some of her old MGM musicals. “I’m watching this beautiful young girl,” she told her son Ben Gage. “She’s so pretty and charming.

At the opening party for the Catalina Island Museum Exhibit, "Esther Williams: The Swimming Queen of the Silver Screen," Williams' husband Ed Bell and stepson Lorenzo Lamas reminisced about the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Esther Williams, whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua-musicals" designed just for her, died on Thursday in Beverly Hills, ...

Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams died early Thursday in her sleep ...

Esther Williams, the professional swimmer who parlayed her skills in the pool into a successful career in films, has died. She was 91. On screen, Williams helped popularize the so-called "aquamusicals ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams died early ...

LOS ANGELES - Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams died early ...

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LOS ANGELES (CBSMiami/AP) - Esther Williams, the champion swimmer turned Hollywood actress, has died at 91. According to Williams's longtime publicist Harlan Boll, Williams died early Thursday in her ...

While a bevy of slinky ladies clamored for golden-age-Hollywood stardom, Esther Williams was in the pool, training to be an Olympic swimmer. But when World War II dashed those dreams, Williams became ...