Esther Williams, perhaps the only woman ever to get her hair done and then was not afraid to get it wet, has passed away in her sleep in Los Angeles. She was 91 years old. Williams was the star of so many Technicolor water musicals throughout the 1940s and 50s. Williams started out as a competetive swimmer, but her goal to swim in the 1940 Helsinki Olympics was thwarted when the event was canceled because of the second world war. After that, Williams decided to go to Hollywood. She starred in such movies as Easy to Wed, Neptune's Daughter, and Dangerous When Wet. The movies included extravagant numbers with Williams the center of water ballet in its earliest and most spectacular form. Our thoughts and prayers are with her children, family and friends.
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