ENTERTAINER, ANIMAL RIGHTS ADVOCATE DORIS DAY, DIES AT 97
May 13, 2019
By Bob Komsic
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Doris Day, the singer and actress, whose films, musicals and innocent sex comedies made her a star in the 1950s and ’60s, has died.
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The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirms the 97-year-old died at her California home surrounded by close friends.
”Day had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia,” the foundation said in a statement.
She requested no funeral, no memorial service and no grave marker.
Day’s movie work included ”Love Me or Leave Me,” ”Teacher’s Pet,” ”The Man Who Knew Too Much,” in which she sang ”Que Sera, Sera” — considered by many to be her trademark tune.
Her greatest success was in sex comedies, beginning with her Oscar-nominated role in ”Pillow Talk,” which also starred Rock Hudson.