Gale Storm News

Wow, what a crazy summer so far! Where do I begin? Well, let's start with a thief.

With all the celebrity deaths lately - and we have certainly had a bumper crop - two seem to be sticking in my consciousness longer than the others: Billy Mays and Gale Storm.

For now, here's the last of the video tributes to the recently departed..... Here's Gale Storm, showcasing not only her character of Susanna Pomeroy from 'Oh, Susanna!'*, but also highlighting her singing career back in the real world with this rendition of "Dark Moon". Not only do we get to see Gale Storm, but also Zasu Pitts, Roy Roberts, and ...

June 29: Gale Storm, the actress who starred in the 1950s sitcom "My Little Margie," died Monday at the age of 87; and television talk show staple Fred Travalena, one of the great masters of imitation died of cancer.

Quite a few celebrities passed away within a short period of time toward the end of June.

It was a tough week for celebrities. Farrah Fawcett died, followed swiftly by Michael Jackson, Gale Storm, and Mr.

They're falling like flies out in TV and Movieland, and pretty soon you won't be able to switch on a given channel without a Looking Back On... special.

Overlooked in the recent wave of untimely celebrity deaths is the passing of Gale Storm.

Following is an update on the Hot News Quickies for Monday, June 29, 2009. This is a quick taste of what's happening.

Fifties actress and singer dies at 87. Gale Storm, star of such '50s shows as 'My Little Margie' and 'The Gale Storm Show,' died of natural causes on Saturday at age 87.

Actress Gale Storm has died after years of failing health. The star of early TVs "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show" was 87.

Fred Travalena was an impressionist, one of the last in the old style line of performers to successfully meld the showmanship of Las Vegas with television.

Gale Storm, 87, an actress and pop singer whose chirpy, upbeat charm made her a leading television star on two 1950s sitcoms, "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," died Saturday at a convalescent hospital in Danville, Calif.

This is mainly for the "Old Timers" out in blogland. What a week this has been. Hidden among the hoopla of Governor Sanford and the recent deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mays, Marylyn Chambers and Ed McMann....Gale Storm has also passed.

Gale Storm, who was born Josephine Cottle and attended the now-defunct San Jacinto High School once located at Caroline and Holman in downtown Houston, earned her stage name and went off to Los Angeles to become the star of TV's My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show after winning producer Jesse Lasky's "Gateway to Hollywood" contest in 1939.

It did not take long for Thursday night's town clerk debate to devolve into an angry session of professional and personal attacks.

LOS ANGELES a ' Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87.