From NPR · · 50s
Peggy King, singer and actor, dies at unknown age
The big band singer who became a TV variety show fixture has died. She was known for hits in the 1950s and a contract with MGM.
In brief
The big band singer who became a TV variety show fixture has died. She was known for hits in the 1950s and a contract with MGM. Peggy King, a singer and actor who rose to fame in big bands during the 1950s and became a TV variety show regular, died on October twenty-fifth. Originally reported by NPR.
Peggy King dies
Singer and actor Peggy King died on October twenty-fifth. She rose to fame singing in big bands during the nineteen fifties.
A string of hits and MGM contract
King had a string of hits and signed a contract with MGM. She became a popular fixture on television variety shows.
Originally broadcast in 1983
This remembrance was originally broadcast in nineteen eighty-three on Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
The takeaway
Peggy King, a singer and actor who rose to fame in big bands during the 1950s and became a TV variety show regular, died on October twenty-fifth.
