Ritchie, Sharon Kay (c. 1937–)

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Ritchie, Sharon Kay (c. 1937–)

Miss America. Name variations: Sharon Ritchie Mullin. Born c. 1937; m. Don Cherry (singer); m. Terry Mullin; children: (1st m.) Sean Cherry; Stephen Patrick Cherry who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center.

Named Miss America (1956), representing Colorado; continued career as an actress in theater and tv.

See also Frank Deford, There She Is (Viking, 1971).

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