IT’S one the most loved musicals to hit the screen - and Grease is still as popular today as it was more than four decades ago.She later starred in the film Six Degrees Of Separation with a young Will Smith who admitted in 2021 he 'fell in love' with the actressIt was announced yesterday the actress, who played cheerleader Patty Simcox in the 1978 blockbuster, died on May 2, at the age of 72.
That year, he also played struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in the sitcom Taxi, leaving the show after the third season reportedly due to his drug abuse.Also in 2008, it was revealed on reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, that the star was addicted to cocaine, alcohol, and painkillers.
John’s lawyer Marty Singer said at the time the claims were “absurd and ridiculous” and “totally fabricated.” Both lawsuits were later dismissed.She also topped the charts with the catchy songs from the movie’s soundtrack, including her duet with John Travolta, You’re The One That I Want. She also lent her voice to characters in Rugrats, Thomas and the Magic Railroad and The Wild Thornberrys.
He recalled how Oscar-winner Jane Wyman who portrayed his grandmother in the show once scolded him for “coming to work high.” She continued to act into the late Eighties before retiring from the industry. She went on to graduate from the NYU School of Social Work in 2001, before becoming a professor of speech communications at the California State University in Northridge.
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