Georgia Gibbs, a versatile singer who starred on radio and television's popular "Hit Parade" in the 1950s, performed with the big bands of Tommy Dorsey and Artie Shaw and was perhaps best known for the song "Kiss of Fire," has died. She was 87.
Gibbs died Saturday of complications from leukemia at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, according to family friend Leslie Gottlieb.
In addition to her stint on "Hit Parade," which showcased the most popular songs each week, Gibbs was a regular on programs presented by Moore, Jimmy Durante and comedian Danny Kaye, and was a frequent guest on the other radio and early television variety shows of Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Ed Wynn and Steve Allen. She was interviewed by Edward R. Murrow on "Person to Person."
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Gibbs died Saturday of complications from leukemia at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, according to family friend Leslie Gottlieb.
In addition to her stint on "Hit Parade," which showcased the most popular songs each week, Gibbs was a regular on programs presented by Moore, Jimmy Durante and comedian Danny Kaye, and was a frequent guest on the other radio and early television variety shows of Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Ed Wynn and Steve Allen. She was interviewed by Edward R. Murrow on "Person to Person."
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