Shortly before her death at age 91 in 2013, Esther Williams revisited some of her old MGM musicals. “I’m watching this beautiful young girl,” she told her son Ben Gage. “She’s so pretty and charming.

LOS ANGELES (AP) As a teenager, EstherWilliams dreamed of Olympic glory on the U.S. swim team. She had to settle instead for becoming a movie star. The self-described "Million Dollar Mermaid," whose ...

Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams died early Thursday in her sleep ...

(Reuters) - Former Hollywood star Esther Williams died on Thursday at age 91. The following are facts about her life: * As a young swimmer, Williams set a world record for the 100-meter freestyle and ...

WASHINGTON – Esther Williams, a championship swimmer and lustrous beauty who became one of the world’s most popular movie stars in the 1940s and 1950s by appearing in aquatic musicals featuring ...