Summary

Elke Sommer , the cool blonde star whose distinctive German accent and regal bearing lent her a certain exotic quality that she brought to such 1960s films as, among others, Pink Panther 1964 sequel A Shot in the Dark , Bob Hope’s 1966 comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! and, that same year, The Oscar starring the 1968 Matt Helm spy entry The Wrecking Crew , died Wednesday, October 28, of heart failure at her home in Bel-Air, California. She was 85.

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