Gone but not forgotten…
PRINCIPAL MCGEE
A big star before Grease, Eve’s final role was in TV’S Falcon Crest in 1987. She passed away three years later at 82, from heart disease and cardiac arrest. She’d also been fighting cancer.
COACH CALHOUN
Before playing the hapless Rydell coach, Sid had already been voted the USA’S best comedian and had his own TV show. He retired from showbiz in 2004 and died 10 years later at 91.
KENICKIE
Part of the original Broadway cast with John Travolta, Jeff went on to star in hit TV series Taxi after making the film version of Grease. Married to Olivia Newton-john’s sister Rona from 1980 to 1985, he battled drug addiction for decades and died in May 2011 at age 60.