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‘Grease’ actor Susan Buckner dies aged 72

Grease, has died aged 72.Buckner played cheerleader Patty Simcox in the film, which starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Her character can be remembered for chanting the rallying cry for Rydell High School.She was born in 1952 in Seattle and, as a young woman she began performing in beauty pageants, winning Miss Washington in 1971 and becoming a Miss America finalist in 1972.Her acting career began in 1976, mainly appearing in popular television shows such as The Brady Bunch Hour and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.She finished up her acting career in the early ’80s, with appearances in nine episodes of comedy show When The Whistle Blows, and a role in Wes Craven’s 1981 slasher movie Deadly Blessing.According to People magazine, Buckner spent the later years of her life directing children’s theatre at a school in Florida, as well as being a dance instructor at a gym.A publicist for the family spoke of Buckner’s death, which took place on May 2 in Miami, Florida, (via People).
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Shocking pictures reveal moment Anne Heche ‘almost hit pedestrian’ before driving into house in horror car crash
New pictures have emerged showing Anne Heche narrowly missing a pedestrian before she crashed into a house last week.The American actress was rushed to hospital after a car sped through residential streets and smashed into a two-storey home in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles, California on Friday, before bursting into flames. The 53-year-old was removed from the scene on a stretcher but was later confirmed to be in a ‘stable condition’ by representatives.Footage previously revealed that a blue Mini Cooper crashed into garages of an apartment complex shortly before barrelling into a house, where the tenant was fortunately not injured.Now, TMZ has sourced new video surveillance of the blue car driving through a narrow alleyway, and almost hitting a pedestrian.The publication also reported that ‘Anne struck another vehicle and took off,’ before confirming that the driver of the second vehicle was not injured.A neighbour of the person whose house Heche hit, Lynne Mishele, recently spoke out over the crash.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoLynne Bernstein, said the tenant ‘was extremely fortunate’ to survive the accident with no injuries, along with her dogs and turtle, due to her being in another section of the small house.According to Bernstein, Mishele ‘was in shock’, noting to People: ‘I don’t think she got what was going on.
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