Milestones Jul. 25, 2005
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DIED. FRANCES LANGFORD, 92, actress of the 1930s and '40s best known as a regular on Bob Hope's USO tours that traveled the globe to entertain the troops during World War II, for which she was dubbed the "Sweetheart of the Fighting Fronts"; in Jensen Beach, Fla. In Hollywood she appeared in mostly B musicals and played Blanche, the nagging wife in radio's The Bickersons. But her appearances before homesick G.I.s in Europe, South Korea and Vietnam, warbling songs like her trademark I'm in the Mood for Love, earned her global fans.
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