Elke Sommer, ‘Pink Panther’ and ‘The Prize’ Star, Dies at 85

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Elke Sommer, the German-born actress who starred in movies like “A Shot in the Dark,” “Boy, Did I Get the Wrong Number,” “And Then There Were None” and more ’60s and ’70s Hollywood films, died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles, her stepson Sebastian Walther confirmed to German outlet Bild. She was 85.

She died just three months after her husband, Wolf Walther, died of cancer. “Now she can finally be with her beloved husband again,” Sebastian Walther told Bild.

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