Some Reads for Sunday

Obit:  Singer and actress Abbe Lane, 93, died this past April but her death wasn't announced until this weekend.  She died from natural causes.  Her real name was Abigail Francine Lassman.

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In 1952, she married Cuban bandleader Xavier Cugat at the age of 16 (he was 49 years old at the time). Lane, who spoke four languages, fronted his Latin music orchestra until their divorce in 1964. She went on to remarry theatrical agent Perry Leff shortly after, and the couple had two sons, Steven and Andrew. Perry died in 2020.

Along with her work on-screen, Lane also made headlines for her suggestive comments about fellow Hollywood actresses, including her now iconic, “Jayne Mansfield may turn boys into men, but I take them from there.”

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