Carol Channing's signature dress stolen (AP)

Carol Channing's signature dress stolen (AP)

14.09 10:40 - Carol Channing's signature dress stolen (AP)

Carol Channing thanks the audience during her curtain call after the matinee performance of ``Hello, Dolly!' at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theater in New York Wednesday Jan. 10, 1996. Channing's signature dress — a shimmery number she wore in the stage production of 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' — was stolen Thursday Sept. 13, 2007 as she checked into a Hollywood hotel. According to her representative the dress was on its way to the Smithsonian museum for an exhibit, along with her 1964 Tony award for 'Hello Dolly.' The award was in a different bag. (AP Photo/Aubrey Reuben)AP - Carol Channing's signature dress — a shimmery number she wore in the stage production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" — was stolen at a Hollywood hotel.




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