Actress Jane Russell dies at age of 91

LOS ANGELES - Jane Russell, the busty brunette WHO Shot to fame as the sexy star of Howard Hughes' 1941 Western "The Outlaw," Died on Monday of respiratory failure, her family said. She was 89

Although Ms.. Russell made only a Handful of films on the 1960s, she HAD remained active in her church, with Charitable Organizations and with a local singing group Until her health Began Thurs Decline just a couple of weeks ago, said her daughter-in-law Etta Waterfield . She Died at her home in Santa Maria.

"She always said I'm going to die in the saddle, I'm not going to sit at home and Become an Old Woman," Waterfield said. "And that's Exactly what she did, she Died in the Saddle."

Hughes, the eccentric billionaire, put her onto the path to Stardom "when they cast her in" The Outlaw, "a film that they fought with censors for Nearly a Decade to get into wide release.

With her Sultry look and glowing sexuality, Ms.. Russell became a star before she was ever seen by a wide audience movie. The Hughes publicity mill ground out the photos of the beauty in low-cut costumes and swimsuits, and she became famous, Especially as a Pinup for World War II GIS.