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Esther Williams is shown in Hollywood, July 13, 1943. (AP Photo) ( Esther Williams 1943 )

This June 1944 file photo shows actress and swimmer Esther Williams rehearsing her underwater-ballet for the motion picture musical "Ziegfeld Follies" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo, file) ( Obit Esther Williams )

Esther Williams, the theme girl of the first annual Los Angeles Swimming and Diving Contest to be held in September 1942, is seen in this August 1942 photo. Williams was a swimming champion who turned to acting where she was able to use her aquatic skills in such films as "Easy to Wed," "Neptune's Daughter" and "Dangerous When Wet." (AP Photo) ( PEOPLE ESTHER WILLIAMS )

Esther Williams, former national swimming champion, is shown Oct. 31, 1943, in Hollywood. (AP Photo) ( Esther Williams 1943 )

Jeff Chandler and Esther Williams, a steady pair in Hollywood, arrive for the invitational press preview of "The Perfect Furlough" at the Academy Awards Theater in Hollywood, Nov. 11, 1958. (AP Photo/Harold P. Matosian) ( Chandler Williams )

This April 1950 photo shows actress Esther Williams wearing a new swim suit of blue and white print by Cole of California, called "Cracked Ice." (AP Photo) ( ESTHER WILLIAMS )

Esther Williams, former swimming champion now a movie actress, won a divorce from Dr. Leonard Kovner, Sept. 12, 1944, after testifying he maintained an attitude of criticism toward her and "treated me and my friends with superiority and contempt." (AP Photo/John T. Burns) ( Esther Williams Divorce 1944 )

Esther Williams, actress, at the plastic exhibit wears a fur coat in Los Angeles Jan. 31, 1945, that has been Calva processed. This process covers the modifications of the physical structure of the fibre of the pelt to imitate well known high priced furs. One of the most spectacular accomplishments of the Calva process is the transformation that it brings about on shorn sheepskins or shearlings to imitate beaver, seal, nutria, etc. (AP Photo) ( Plastics Fur )

Esther Williams, famous American swimmer who became a star of the film world, was married to Staff Sergeant Ben Gage, formerly radio announcer in the Bob Hope program, at Berverly Hills, Ca. on Nov. 25, 1945. Esther Williams, signs a marriage application form at Los Angeles, California while Ben Gage watches. (AP Photo) ( USA Esther Williams with Sgt. Ben Gage )

Esther Williams is shown in character as the matador in the 1947 film "Fiesta". (AP Photo) ( FIESTA WILLIAMS )

Actress and swimmer Esther Williams is seen modeling a Cole of California sun=dress in this September 1949 photo, in Beverly Hills, Calif. A hidden plastic runway just beneath the surface of the water creates the effect of her walking on water. (AP Photo) ( ESTHER WILLIAMS )

Actress Esther Williams, left, shown with Van Johnson, while filming a scene for the musical Early to Wed, Jan. 4, 1946. (AP Photo) ( Esther Williams and Van Johnson 1946 )

Actress and former national swimming champion Esther Williams is shown poolside at her home in Hollywood, June 10, 1948. Big, elaborate pools just aren't necessary for home use, she maintains. Her miniature measures about 20 by 30 feet. (AP Photo) ( Esther Williams At Home 1948 )

This Jan. 28, 2004 file photo shows Esther Williams at the funeral service for dancer/actress Ann Miller at St. Mel Catholic Church in Los Angeles' Woodland Hills area. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file) ( Obit Esther Williams )

Debbie Reynolds and Esther Williams ( THATS ENTERTAINMENT )