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    Cha Cha From 'Grease' Dead At 63

    "Grease" has lost another star.

    Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha DiGregorio in 1978's "Grease" has died, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

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    Annette's mother, Mary Cardona, told Access that her daughter passed away on Wednesday, after being hospitalized for approximately a month.

    The actress-turned-professor, who was also battling cancer, was first hospitalized for pneumonia.

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    Annette, who famously danced with John Travolta in the classic movie musical and told the movie's Pink Ladies, "They call me Cha Cha because I'm the best dancer at St. Bernadette's," was also a speech professor at California State University Northridge, in Northridge, Calif., following her career on the big screen.

    In May, Jeff Conaway, who co-starred in "Grease" with Annette as Kenickie, died at the age of 60 after spending weeks in a coma and struggling with addiction issues in recent years.

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    82 comments

    • Noire  •  9 mths ago
      RIP Cha Cha DiGregorio =(
    • Dale P  •  9 mths ago
      The Family Of Annette Sorry For Your Loss Rest In Peace.
    • alison  •  9 mths ago
      63 is just too damn young......
    • GOD FEARING FARANG  •  9 mths ago
      So sad another victim of cancer, I've lost some friends and have some battleing this horrible disease...savour every day and my thoughts and prayers to this beautiful woman and her family...Rich, Toronto, Canada
    • Eugene  •  9 mths ago
      YOU WERE AND ALWAYS WILL BE A ROCK 'N ROLING STAR, GREASE IS THE WORD
    • Scorpion13  •  9 mths ago
      Condolence to the family of Annette.
    • wickedtigress  •  9 mths ago
      such great actress
      • GoMe 9 mths ago
        really??? name THREE films, besides Grease, that she did... without looking online :P
    • Donna  •  9 mths ago
      rest in pease cha cha
    • Rydell High  •  9 mths ago
      Truly a sad day.
    • fixit  •  9 mths ago
      May she rest in peace and my condolences to the family.
    • John Doe  •  9 mths ago
      Sadly missed for everything she accomplished in this life. Now she's dancing in heaven !
      God Bless her family !!! Murray Niagara Falls Canada
    • kars karssen  •  9 mths ago
      we shall keep learning to dance, also because of you and life ~ thanks for all ! R.I.P. and strength to the family and fans ~
    • Don  •  9 mths ago
      Rest In Peace Annette Charles. Everytime I watch Grease will think of you and Jeff. Taken to young, my condolences to the family and friends.
      • Stephanie R. 9 mths ago
        way tooooooo young. so sad.
      • Robert Miller 9 mths ago
        So says the gay crowd.
      • Me 9 mths ago
        I think Robbie here has ghosts in the closet.. Come on Robbie come out already (wink... wink)
    • SKINNER  •  9 mths ago
      GOD BLESS ANNETTE YOU WERE ALWAYS A BEAUTY
    • Jamie  •  9 mths ago
      Rest In Peace Annette. God bless her family.
      • zorro 9 mths ago
        like god really listens to you, eh?
    • J  •  9 mths ago
      Another one from Grease passes on Rest In Peace Cha Cha
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      Had a huge crush on her when I first saw Grease as a kid, her character was hot, bad and could really burn up a dance floor. Sad to see her go, as well as Jeff Conaway, R.I.P.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      wake up people she was not an addict she was a professor. the idiot who drove the black car was an addict
    • spiker vampout  •  9 mths ago
      I feel for the family and I will remember you Annette
    • Suzy  •  9 mths ago
      I will never forget her performance with John. Its because of talent like hers that 'Grease'
      became the classic it is.
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