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Jeff Conaway's 'Grease' date, Annette Charles, passes away
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Another loss for fans of the classic movie musical, "Grease." Just two months after the death of Jeff Conaway another star off the movie has passed. Annette Charles, known for her role as Cha Cha DiGregorio died Wednesday (Aug. 3) after a battle with cancer.
Fans of the movie may remember that Charles played the dance date to Conaway's Kenikie in the movie who ends up winning the dance contest with John Travolta's Danny Zucco.
Charles appeared in many television shows during the '70s and '80s before becoming a speech professor at California State University Northridge.
She was 63 years old.
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What's with the stupid video clip? Did a 5-year-old post this?
Cha Cha you will be missed, man could that woman dance...GREASE has and always will be my favorite movie of all time. The first time I saw GREASE was at a drive in theater.
One of my fave. movies. Sorry to hear of the loss of another cast member. Shortly, after Jeff Conaway passed away my 'real life' Kenicke died at the age of 58. Tough losses.
I was shocked to hear about the passing of Annette Charles. I thought she was a great actress. She did a great job as Cha-Cha in the movie Grease back in the 70's. I'm sorry she not alive anymore. I will miss seeing on her t.v. and movies too. Lisa Weiner
So strange that she would pass couple months after Jeff Conaway. RIP we loved you guys in Grease, what a hard life.
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SO sad! Greatest movie musical ever!
Lost another great entertainer. May she rest in peace.
Lost another great entertainer. May she rest in peace.
Grease has always been a favorite movie of mine and I really enjoyed the dance scene and of course enjoyed Annette's dancing and her performance. I remember loving this movie so much, that when I was a kid I drew pictures of some of the characters in a sketchbook. I even drew Annette as Cha Cha. The picture wasn't the greatest because it was coming from my 10 or 11 year old self and it looked nothing like her, but it indicated what this movie and the characters (including Cha Cha) meant to me. May she rest in peace. She was still fairly young when she passed away.