A decade after her passing, her twin son, Jody Troup, had died on June 10, 2010.
A mezzo-soprano.
A sports buff.
After the deaths of Bobby Troup's and London herself, their Encino home has been sold for close to its last asking price of $1.9 million. The Colonial-style home was designed for London in 1959 by the late architect Paul Williams, who incorporated four 19th century marble fireplaces into the design. London had purchased the fireplaces in France.
Always enjoyed listening to Barbra Streisand's and Roberta Flack's music, who happened to be her favorite singers.
As a teenager of the 1940s, she was described as the young Bette Davis that London was provocative, very different, while as a young adult of the 1950s, she was described as the magnificently assembled blonde child.
At 17, she tried out for a band, but went back to working as an elevator operator where one of her passengers was talent agent, Sue Carol, who was the wife of Alan Ladd.
At one time, her mother used to work at a pharmacy.
At the time London was 18, she began singing with the Matty Malnech Orchestra.
Attended the same high school as Peggy Ryan and Tommy Rall.
Before she married Bobby Troup, he helped her sign to Liberty Records. Coincidentally, Troup would also sign up with the record label himself, after her.
Before she was a successful actress, she was once a model.
Before she was a successful singer and actress, she worked as a department store elevator operator, where she got paid $19 a week.
Began her contract singing career with Liberty Records in 1955.
Began singing at age 3, and was later raised in San Bernadino, California, where her parents sang on local radio.
Best remembered by the public (as an actress) for her starring role as head nurse Dixie "Dix" McCall on "Emergency!" (1972).
Billboard Magazine named her the most popular female vocalist for 1955, 1956, and 1957.
Children with Jack Webb: daughters Stacy and Lisa. Children with Bobby Troup: daughter Kelly Troup and twin sons Jody and Reese. Daughter Stacy Webb died in an auto accident in 1996.
Cremated and shares a niche in a columbarium with husband and "Emergency!" (1972) co-star, Bobby Troup, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California.
Daughter Kelly Troup, died on March 11, 2002, just 1 1/2 years after the death of her mother.
