Edie Adams 1927-2008
Edie Adams died on Wednesday in Los Angeles after battling cancer and pneumonia. The 81 year old singer, actress and comedian was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey and graduated from Julliard School of Music and the Columbia School of Drama.
She worked with comedians Ernie Kovacs and Jack Paar early in her career and sang the final song That’s All on the last episode of I Love Lucy. Adams starred in numerous television shows and films that spanned 40 years. Some of her noted films were The Apartment, It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Under the Yum Yum Tree.
Edie was the spokeswoman for Muriel cigars for nearly two decades. Her famous tag line delivered in a breathy voice was: “Why don’t you pick one up and smoke it sometime?”
Adams’ spokeman Henri Bollinger reported that the actress will be buried next to her late husband Ernie Kovacs and her deceased daughter Mia Kovacs. Kovacs died in a car accident in 1962 and daughter Mia died in a car crash in 1982. Adams, who had a brief marriage to photographer Martin Mills, is survived by their son Joshua Mills.
That’s All video from the I Love Lucy series finale below.