Sandra Dee died this morning :(

[Bluebear]

Rest in peace, Gidget!

[Cooley Hurd]

1. She was 63 - that's too young...

:(

RIP Tammy...

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000364/

(IMDB has her age at 60 :shrug:)

[sunnystarr]

12. She was born April 23, 1942 so her 63rd birthday is a few months away.

edited to add information

I met Sandra Dee when I was 12. I was sent to be interviewed when the agency was looking for her replacement. I can still see her sitting at a makeup station and she certainly looked to be at least a year older than me.

I checked at http://www.astrodatabank.com/Nms_d.htm for her birthdate. Since it's an astrological site it would be the most accurate.

[serryjw]

14. If I'm 55 ...she has to be 63

OMG I didn't know she was sick.....RIP another era is gone.

Edit......Just went to Google and I had forgotton she married Bobby Darin in 1960...So HOW can she be 63?

[CubsFan1982]

2. OK, I'll look real dumb here...

What's a Gidget?

[Bluebear]

5. Oh Moondoggie.....

Gidget was like the ultimate of ultimate surfer movies of the early 60's ! Sandra played Gidget. :hi:

[CubsFan1982]

9. Thanks!

Now that I think about it, I somewhat hazily recall that I'd heard my mom talk about watching Gidget movies or something like that. Too bad, 63 is way too young.

[Sporadicus]

6. The Definitive 'Teen Surfer' Movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052847/

Revived as a TV sitcom in the '60s with Sally Field in the title role.

[serryjw]

13. OMG...Do I feel old!

It never occured to me you would not know who Gidget was!!


All us Baby Boomers grew up with surfing movies and Sandra Dee as Gidget.....Her love was Moondoggie!

[bigwillq]

17. I'm only 26 but

I know who Gidget is! My parents are around Sandra's age.

R.I.P. Sandra Dee

[miss_kitty]

16. Not so much dumb, but

YOUNG!

[Bluebear]

20. Ah, youth.

I had that once!

[JI7]

3. wasn't she battling cancer for a long time ?

[commander bunnypants]

4. RIP

that is to bad..

my wife is unhappy
CB

[n2mark]

7. Geez!

[commander bunnypants]

11. and?

CB

[miss_kitty]

8. Actress Sandra Dee dies at age 63

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7003716/

"...Her son Dodd Darin, who's father was actor-crooner Bobby Darin, told CNN the actress had been hospitalized to undergo treatment for kidney disease and pneumonia before she passed away on Sunday morning..."

[Bluebear]

10. Two "IMITATION OF LIFE" stars die within a day

Sandra and Dan O'Herlihy

[hollywood926]

15. goodbye to saaaandra deeeeeeee.......

Ok, that's from Grease, but it applies.

RIP, Gidget.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. I actually have a copy of her B flick "The Dunwich Horror"

[The empressof all]

19. She was always a hot topic in my home growing up

She spent her early life living next door to my Aunt in Bayonne NJ so there was a connection of sorts. I was always told her mother was really agressive in promoting her career early on. My mom followed her career pretty closely-but I guess that's pretty normal for someone you knew.