Gloria Jean, actress from 'Destiny' and 'Never Give a Sucker an Even Break', dies at 92

The star from the 40s and 50s passed away due to heart failure and pneumonia in Mountain View, Hawaii where she was living with her son and his family.
PUBLISHED SEP 4, 2018

Actress and singer of the 40s and 50s Gloria Jean has passed away due to medical complications.  The 'Never Give a Sucker an Even Break' star who starred with W.C Fields in the 1941 classic was 92 years old. She died on August 31. She died on Friday due to heart failure and pneumonia in Mountain View, Hawaii, her biographers Scott MacGillivray and Jan MacGillivray, told The Hollywood Reporter.



 

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