Abbe Lane, a nightclub singer, recording artist and actor whose popularity in the 1960s and ’70s made her a familiar presence on late night talk shows and variety series, died April 25 of natural ...

She was a Broadway dancer before becoming Xavier Cugat’s star vocalist and later building a solo career. Abbe Lane in the 1950s. When she joined Xavier Cugat’s orchestra, she was “the most exotic ...

Once married to bandleader Xavier Cugat, she starred on Broadway with Tony Randall and in films with Glenn Ford, Van Heflin and Vittorio De Sica. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Abbe Lane, the glamorous ...

Instead of wearing a royal tiara on her wedding day, Princess Diana chose a family heirloom: the Spencer Tiara. The diamond headpiece has been in her family since at least the 1930s. After Diana died ...