From Ananova :

"Singer and actress Rosemary Clooney has died at the age of 74.

The mellow-voiced singer, who co-starred with Bing Crosby in White Christmas and staged a dramatic comeback after her career was nearly destroyed by drugs and alcohol, died at her Beverly Hills home surrounded by her family, her publicist said.

She had been in hospital earlier this month after suffering a recurrence of lung cancer.

Born in Maysville, Kentucky, on May 23, 1928, Clooney started singing with her younger sister, Betty, on WLW radio in Cincinnati in 1945."

She had a colourful life, and not always a good one but she's long been a favourite of mine. This is a very sad loss indeed