From CNN: Actress and spokeswoman June Allyson dies

It was pretty sad to read this as she was one of the few surviving major MGM musical stars from the forties. But according to the article she had been in ill health for awhile.

I only have a couple of her movies on DVD (Good News, The Glen Miller Story) and I’ve only seen a couple more of her filmes off TCM at most. But she was always so sunny in her movies, very much playing the girl next door role or the perfect little wife. But with an independent streak…

I also got a copy of her autobiography last year. She certainly didn’t have an easy life - the childhood accident, her first couple of marriages (being married to a much older man such as Dick Powell didn’t seem like a fairytale to me) and other assorted dramas. I am also thankful for her participation in Thats Entertainment 3 and other interviews that she has done over the years, so I have gotten to understand some of her percetptions on Hollywood when she was a film star.
She will be missed.