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'Emergency' Star London Dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- London, the smoky-voiced ``Cry Me A

River'' nightclub singer who played TV nurse Dixie McCall on the old

``Emergency!'' series, died Wednesday at 74. She suffered a stroke five years

ago.

AP File Photo

London, born Peck, had roles in movies including

``Jungle Woman'' (1944), ``The Red House'' (1947) with G. ,

``Task Force'' (1949) with , ``The Fat Man'' (1950) with Rock Hudson,

and ``A Question of Adultery'' (1958).

London was married to ``Dragnet'' star Jack Webb for five

years. Her second husband, Bobby Troup, the composer and actor who penned the

classic song ``Route 66,'' booked London for a nightclub engagement that was

followed by her hit ``Cry Me A River'' in 1955.

She had 32 albums, and was top Billboard vocalist in the

mid-1950s. Among her songs: ``Around Midnight,'' ``In the Middle of A Kiss,''

``In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning'' and ``My Heart Belongs to Daddy.''

She later played the role of the head nurse on the 1970s TV

drama ``Emergency!'', with her husband, Troup, playing Dr. Joe Early.

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