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       Grease actress Susan Buckner breathes her last at 72
        
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       __ Susan Buckner dies at 72
        
        _Grease_ actress Susan Buckner died at the age of 72 on Thursday, May
       2, although no cause of death has been identified till date.
        
       Melissa Berthier, a publicist for the family announced the big news,
       stating: "Susan died peacefully on May 2 surrounded by loved ones."
        
       Speaking exclusively to _PEOPLE_ , Buckner's daughter Samantha
       Mansfield added: "The light she brought into every room will be missed
       forever. She was magic, and I was very lucky to call her my best
       friend."
        
       Susan, who is best known for playing cheerleader Patty Simcox in the
       1978 comedy, made a name for herself on the pageant circuit.
        
       The actress, who was born in 1952 in Seatle, also won _Miss
       Washington_ twenty years later ahead of representing the state at the
       Miss America Competition the next year.
        
       Buckner rose to fame after featuring on _The Dean Martin Show_ , an
       all-female singing and dancing group.
        
       For the unversed, the late actress made appearances on _The Mac Davis
       Show, Sonny and Cher, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, The Love Boat,_
       and _The Hardy Boys/ Nancy Drew_ Mysteries _._
        
        
        
        
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