Nightly News   |  February 28, 2011

Hollywood legend Jane Russell dies

Actress Jane Russell has died at age 89. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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>>> we learned late tonight the actress jane russell has died. she started her hollywood career as a bombshell in the howard hughes movie "the outlaw," which shocked 1941 audiences so much it was pulled from some theaters. her career went beyond her sex symbol image. she appeared in a lot of films over the years, starring with marilyn monroe in "gentlemen prefer blonds" and a lot of bob hope musicals. a later generation knew her as a bra pitch woman on tv. she called herself a full figured girl. she was 89 years old.