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Jane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, dies at 92

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 1953 file photo, Jane Powell, left, Fred Astaire, center and Greer Garson pose for a photo in Los Angeles. Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood's golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding,” has died. Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. She was 92. (AP Photo/Ellis Bosworth, File) FILE - In this Tuesday March 13, 2007 file photo, Jane Powell, 77, an actress who sang and danced with among others, Fred Astaire, attends a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the importance of public investing in the arts, in Washington. Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, col soprano star of Hollywood's golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding,” has died, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. She was 92. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - In this April 22, 1944 file photo, Jane Powell, who just completed work in "Song of the Open Road" does her bit at the canteen drying dishes for dishwasher Buster Keaton, in Los Angeles. Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood's golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding,” has died. Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. She was 92. (AP Photo/File) FILE - In this July 1986 file photo, Actress Jane Powell poses for a photo in New York. Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood's golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding,” has died. Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. She was 92. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)