Cyd Charisse dies at 86

June 17, 2008 Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday after suffering an apparent heart attack, said her publicist, Gene Schwam. Outfitted in the most splendid costumes, she wowed audiences with her dance moves in such 1940s entertainments as "The Harvey Girls," "Three Wise Fools," "Till the Clouds Roll By," "Fiesta," "The Unfinished Dance," "Words and Music" and "The Kissing Bandit."

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