Veteran Hollywood actress Jane Russell has died, aged 89, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The former pin-up girl turned 1940 and 50’s movie star died of respiratory problems at her home in Santa Maria, central California, according to Etta Waterfield, her daughter-in-law.

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Russell shot to fame after her voluptuous assets caught the eye of Howard Hughes, who cast her as his leading lady in his movie The Outlaw.

But she reached the pinnacle of her movie career when she starred alongside Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 hit comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

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