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So much great talent gone. Former protege of Prince and a member of #Vanity 6, has died. https://t.co/S56HE3TqNq pic.twitter.com/0VofRRkGkE. â TheWrap (@TheWrap) February 16, 2016.
She was a lifelong heavy smoker since age 16. She suffered a stroke in 1995 and remained in ill health for five years. Julie London passed away on October 18, 2000. This day was also the death of actress Gwen Verdon who was a year older than London.