Edie Adams, wife of Ernie Kovacs, stands next to posters of Kovacs in New York following a seminar on the work of Kovacs in this 1986 file photo. Adams, the blond beauty who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and was television foil for her husband, Ernie Kovacs, died Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008, in a Los Angeles hospital from pneumonia and cancer, publicist Henri Bollinger said. She was 81. (AP Photo/David Bookstaver, File)

Tony-winning actress, TV star Edie Adams dies (AP)

02:50 17.10.2008

AP - Actress and singer Edie Adams, the blonde beauty who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and who played the television foil to her husband, comedian Ernie Kovacs, has died. She was 81.