Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film “South Pacific” and appeared in other musicals alongside Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and
Gene Kelly, has died at the age of 93. One of the last survivors of the golden age of Hollywood musicals, Gaynor passed away from natural causes in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, as confirmed by her long-time managers, Rene Reyes and Shane Rosamonda, in a statement to The Associated Press.