Marge Champion, the lissome dancer and choreographer who with her husband, Gower, epitomized the clean-cut, all-American dance team of Hollywood musicals, Broadway productions and television variety shows of the 1950s, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 101. Her death was confirmed by her son Gregg Champion, who said that she had been living with him at his home for the past six months because of the pandemic. Ms. Champion was a child of Hollywood, the daughter of a dance coach who taught her ballet, tap and the twirls, kicks and glorious sweeps of the ballroom. But her career came to little until 1947, when she and Gower Champion, a childhood friend, became partners both professionally and personally.

Source: New York Times October 22, 2020 06:50 UTC