'Singin' in the Rain' star Charisse dies at 86

Cyd Charisse, the long-legged beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died today in Los Angeles aged 86.

Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre yesterday after suffering an apparent heart attack, said her publicist, Gene Schwam.