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She actually inspired me to set up a company called Aquabatix where we perform for events ... and we actually get a lot of requests in to perform like Esther Williams in the 1950s, in the glamorous style of synchronized swimming.
Gorgeous Esther Williams in the most spectacular underwater extravaganza ever filmed, the girl with the heavenly body who can even make a statue come to life.
It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with meMore quotes »
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Esther Williams, swimming champion, dead at 91
that delighted interviewers.She laughed as much as anyone over an assessment by Fanny Brice, the original "Funny Girl": "Esther Williams? Wet, she's a star. Dry, she ain't."After leaving MGM, she starred in two Universal dramatic films, "The Unguarded Moment" Read more »
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Country singer Slim Whitman dies
Whitman poses with his guitar at a press conference at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, on February 22, 1956. Esther Williams , whose success as a competitive swimmer propelled her to Hollywood stardom during the 1940s and 1950s, died on Thursday, June 6/19/13 from CNN Read more »
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Thursday: LeBron James, Esther Williams, Jack Black
means the ratings for ABC should be very good. Let's just hope for a closer game. An athlete of another era, the phenomenal Esther Williams, is saluted with a 24-hour marathon that begins at 8 on TCM. Williams recently died at age 91. When her Olympic dreams from Orlando Sentinel Read more »
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Esther Williams, 91, Aquatic Movie Star (And Godmother Of Synchronized Swimming)
her beauty, sunny personality and background as a champion swimmer, Williams shot to stardom in the 1940s in the 'aqua musical,' an odd sub-genre of films that became an enormous hit with the moviegoing mainstream, fanned popular interest in synchronized swimming from ArtsJournal Read more »
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Kelly Osbourne upset by Esther Williams' signed photo
a picture of a signed photo the 1940s and 1950s big screen superstar sent Osbourne recently, the Papa Don't Preach singer wrote, "I was meant to work w/ #EstherWilliams before she past (sic) I almost cried when I found this waiting for me at work today." from Starpulse Read more »
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Justin Bieber's bodyguard under investigation for battery
went on to become an actress, died early Thursday morning in her sleep, The Associated Press reports. She was 91.More > Esther Williams, the swimmer who went on to become an actress, died early Thursday morning in her sleep, The Associated Press reports. She from KPHO Phoenix Read more »
