LOS ANGELES, July 10 (UPI) -- June Allyson, singer, dancer and actress, has died at her home in Ojai, Calif.
She was 88.
E! Online said she suffered from a long illness, but the cause of death of was respiratory failure and acute bronchitis.
Her current husband, retired dentist David Ashrow, was at her side, E! said. They had been together for nearly three decades.
Allyson made her debut in the chorus line of the 1938 musical "Sing Out the News," and her film career didn't slow down until 1963 after the death of her first husband, actor Dick Powell.
She didn't retire, however, and continued acting on television in such shows as "The Love Boat" and "Murder She Wrote."
Allyson hosted her own variety program, "The DuPont Show with June Allyson," from 1959 -1961.
After Powell's death, she was briefly married to Powell's barber, E! said.
She is survived by her husband and two children in the Los Angeles area, her brother Dr. Arthur Peters and a grandson.
