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Events on Friday 5 August 1955 1
1909 – 1955Carmen Miranda (1909-1955)Died 5 August 1955, aged 46Carmen Miranda was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer and actress famed for her flamboyant fruit-hat costumes in Hollywood films. She became one of the highest-paid entertainers in the United States during the 1940s. She died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills shortly after a live television performance.