Grease actress Annette Charles dies

ACTRESS Annette Charles, perhaps best-known for her role as Cha Cha DiGregorio in Grease, has died. She was 63.

Her agent Derek Maki confirmed she died on Wednesday night. A longtime friend said she died in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer.

Her death comes a little more than two months after that of Grease actor Jeff Conaway, whose character Kenickie was Cha Cha's date at the school dance. Besides Grease, Charles appeared in many television shows during the 1970s and early 1980s, including Barnaby Jones, The Bionic Woman, Magnum, P.I., Bonanza, The Mod Squad, Gunsmoke and The Flying Nun.