The Hollywood actress Doris Day has died aged 97, her charitable foundation confirmed today (May 13).
An icon of the classical Hollywood film era, Day was best known for her roles in Calamity Jane, The Man Who Knew Too Much and romantic comedies like Move Over Darling, Send Me No Flowers, Pillow Talk and The Pajama Game.
The actress died at her home in Carmel Valley, California, the Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed.
The foundation said she was surrounded by close friends and "had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia".
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Day was known as a honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and 1960s and among the most popular screen actresses in history.
She rose to fame as a big band singer and her popularity increased when she recorded the hit song 'Sentimental Journey'. Day recorded more than 650 songs between 1947 and 1967.
Day, who was married four times, was mother of musician and record producer Terry Melcher who died in 2004.
