http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/movies/16adams.html?_r=1&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin
Edie Adams, an actress, comedian and singer who both embodied and winked at the stereotypes of fetching chanteuse and sexpot blonde, especially in a long-running series of TV commercials for Muriel cigars, in which she poutily encouraged men to “pick one up and smoke it sometime,” died Wednesday in the West Hills section of Los Angeles. She was 81 and lived in Los Angeles.
The cause was pneumonia and cancer, said her ***, Josh Mills.
Ms. Adams had a remarkably varied career in show business, performing on stage, in nightclubs and on the large and small screens. A classically trained singer who graduated from Juilliard, she won the Miss U.S. Television beauty pageant in 1950 after singing a coloratura version of “Love Is Where You Find It” in the talent competition. The prize was an appearance in Minneapolis onstage with Milton Berle, which led to an appearance on his television show, which in turn led to her being featured on television with the cigar-smoking comedian Ernie Kovacs, who would become her husband.
Edie Adams for Muriel Cigars (1965)
http://www.truveo.com/Edie-Adams-for-Muriel-Cigars-1965/id/622480795
1971 Muriel Cigars commercial with Edie
http://www.truveo.com/1971-Muriel-Cigars-commercial-with-Edie-Adams/id/3643141545
Most won't know her but for those old enough to remember her it will be a sad passing.Married to a funny guy and did the memorable cigar commercials as well as singing and appearing in movies.
R.I.P. Edie
