Just over two months after the death of Grease star Jeff Conaway, has a different cast members deceased.
Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha DiGregorio racy dancer, deceased on Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles.
The brunette beauty was 63 years old and was suffering from cancer a few months ago after the diagnosis.
A spokesman for the actress confirmed to TMZ that she died of complications related to the disease.
Cha Cha was the girl that Danny Zucco (John Travolta) won by Sandy (Olivia Newton John) on the dance floor during the school dance and was the on / off girlfriend of the villain Crater Face (Dennis Stewart).
Her "hand jive" was one of the most memorable of the movie dance moves.
In the iconic movie, she was referred to as "the best dancer at St. Bernadette's ... with the worst reputation.
For her role in Grease, Annette had a very successful television career in several long-running series in the 1970s with Emergency! Barnaby Jones and The Bionic Woman.
After his retirement to act in 1978, she became a professor and taught speech at California State University at Northridge.
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