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Tinker Bell model in ‘Peter Pan’ dead: ‘Search for that Second Star to the Right’

David Livingston / Wire Image/Getty Images Margaret Kerry, the actress and dancer whose movements helped bring Disney’s Tinker Bell to life, has died at 97. The model behind the beloved fairy in Disney’s 1953 animated classic Peter Pan died Thursday in Wilmington, North Carolina. “It is with profou...

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What happenedShe was the inspiration for the iconic Disney character.
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Model Who Inspired Tinker Bell in ‘Peter Pan’ Dies at 97

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David Livingston / Wire Image/Getty Images Margaret Kerry, the actress and dancer whose movements helped bring Disney’s Tinker Bell to life, has died at 97. The model behind the beloved fai...

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Tinker Bell model in ‘Peter Pan’ dead: ‘Search for that Second Star to the Right’

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She was the inspiration for the iconic Disney character.

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