Mitzi Gaynor, star of 'South Pacific,' dies at age 93

Mitzi Gaynor, actress, star of productions such as South Pacific and singer, has died at age 93. The event occurred Thursday at her Los Angeles home.

The cause of death was not specified.

"As we celebrate her legacy, we offer our thanks to her friends and fans and the countless audiences she entertained throughout her long life," her managers Rene Reyes and Shane Rosamonda said in a statement shared on the artist's X account (formerly known as Twitter).

Gaynor shined in such films as My Blue Heaven (1950) opposite Betty Grable and Dan Dailey; in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) by Irving Berlin, sharing the screen with Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe; and in the Cole Porter musical Les Girls (1957).

"Your love, support and appreciation meant so very much to her and was a sustaining gift in her life. She often noted that her audiences were ‘the sunshine of my life.’ You truly were. We take great comfort in the fact that her creative legacy will endure through her many magical performances captured on film and video, through her recordings and especially through the love and support audiences around the world have shared so generously with her throughout her life and career," the statement added.

Hollywood Reporter recalled that Gaynor gave her last notable film performance in Surprise Package (1960), directed by Stanley Donen. Following the decline of the musical in Hollywood, she retired from film acting after one final film, For Love or Money (1963). She was in his early 30s.

Then, she decided on Las Vegas. She began singing, dancing and telling jokes in the city in 1961, where he acquired a stake in the Flamingo Hotel.

"In 1968, Gaynor reportedly was earning $45,000 a week in Vegas. Also that year, she starred on her first TV special, Mitzi, for NBC," highlighted Hollywood Reporter.

In 2008 she won an Emmy for her PBS special Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years.