"As we celebrate her legacy, we offer our thanks to her friends and fans and the countless audiences she entertained throughout her long life," Reyes and Rosamonda said in a joint statement.
Her entertainment career spanned eight decades across film, television and the stage, but she is best remembered for her turn in 'South Pacific.'
Later in her career, Gaynor reinvented herself as a performing entertainer. Under the guidance of her husband-manager, Jack Bean, she starred in her own musical revue, earning top money in Las Vegas, Florida and theaters and auditoriums throughout the U.S. and Canada and in England and Australia as well.
Born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber in Chicago on Sept. 4, 1931, she started singing and dancing at a young age, coming from a musically inclined family.
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