PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Lina Romay, who sang with the Latin-inflected Xavier (ig-ZAY'-vee-yur) Cugat orchestra in the early 1940s before beginning a decade-long career as a film and TV actress, has ...

Romay's son, Jay Gould, says his mother died Dec. 17 of natural causes at a hospital in Pasadena. Romay began her entertainment career by touring as the Cugat orchestra's lead singer. A performance ...