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Sunni Welles, an actor and musician who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, died on Monday in Downey, California, after battling lung cancer, as Variety reports. She was 72. Her son Shaun O’Banion confirmed the news via Twitter.

Welles began her acting career at the age of 10 and appeared in popular TV shows such as Leave It to Beaver and My Three Sons. Born Nancy Kay Rihl in Caracas, Venezuela, she adopted her stage name when she was a teen.

Her entertainment career spanned music and dancing in addition to acting,...

Sunni Welles, a former actor and singer who was among the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has died, her son Shaun O’Banion announced on Twitter todeay. She was 72.

Welles died Monday after a battle with lung cancer at a hospice care center in Downey, CA, O’Banion told Deadline in a statement.

Welles’ acting career began when she was a child at age 10, appearing in episodes of such popular shows as Leave It to Beaver and My Three Sons.

She alleged at a 2015 news conference that Cosby raped her twice when she was an aspiring singer in the mid-1960s by drugging her drink. She said Cosby invited her to a jazz club after she ran into him on the set of I Spy. Welles said the first time he attacked her, she was drinking Champagne; after the second time, she never saw him again. It really affected my trust,...

Sunni Welles, an actress, singer and one of the woman who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has died. She was 72.

Welles’ passing was announced Tuesday by her son Shaun O’Banion, who referred to her as an “extraordinary woman.” She died Monday in a hospice care center in Downey, California.

Welles first got her start as a child actress, appearing on shows such as “Leave It to Beaver” and “My Three Sons,” taking her stage name from the word “Sunshine” and her surrogate father, screenwriter Halsted Welles.

Welles said in a statement through Gloria Allred in 2015 that she had met Cosby on set of “I Spy” when she was just 17 in the mid 1960s when her mother was working as a story editor at Paramount Studios. In meeting him she described her love of jazz and that she could do a good Nancy Wilson impression for him. She claimed she...

Sunni Welles, a TV actor, musician and performer who later accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, died on Monday in Downey, Calif., after a battle with lung cancer, her son, Shaun O’Banion, confirmed to Variety. She was 72.

Welles was born Nancy Kay Rihl in Caracas, Venezuela, and moved to the United States with her family when she was three years old. She became a child actor at the age of 10 and appeared in “Leave It to Beaver” and “My Three Sons.” Welles started going by her stage name as a teenager, taking it from her nickname “Sunshine,” as she was known by friends and family, and the surname of television writer Halsted Welles, who was a surrogate father to her.

During her career in the entertainment industry, Welles became friends with Elvis Presley while she toured the world as a singer and dancer. She later married singer and actor John O’Banion,...

Sunni Welles, a singer, dancer and actress who was among the dozens of women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has died. She was 72.

Welles died Monday at a hospice care center in Downey, California, after a brief battle with lung cancer, her son, Shaun O’Banion, announced.

Welles was born Nancy Kay Rihl in Caracas, Venezuela. Her father, Eugene, was an executive with Pan Am Airways, and her mother, Marykay, was a television story editor. The family came to the U.S. when she was 3.

Welles appeared as a child on Leave It to Beaver and My Three ...

Sunni Welles, a singer, dancer and actress who was among the dozens of women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has died. She was 72.

Welles died Monday at a hospice care center in Downey, California, after a brief battle with lung cancer, her son, Shaun O’Banion, announced.

Welles was born Nancy Kay Rihl in Caracas, Venezuela. Her father, Eugene, was an executive with Pan Am Airways, and her mother, Marykay, was a television story editor. The family came to the U.S. when she was 3.

Welles appeared as a child on Leave It to Beaver and My Three ...

The Charlie's Angels fight is the stuff of legends. For 20 years now, rumors have swirled around the altercation that happened between Bill Murray and Lucy Liu on the set of the big screen adaptation of the hugely popular '70s TV show. Recently, Shaun O'Banion, a verified production assistant who worked on set at the time of the fight, told his version of the tale. He claims to have been in the thick of it, and his claims do not put Bill Murray in a very good light.

"Basically, Murray rewrote a bunch of scenes without telling anyone (including Drew who was a producer). He put the new pages in everyone's trailers & everyone came to set wondering where the hell the new pages had come from. Murray was the last to step on stage and by that time there was already mass confusion. McG (director) was pissed that no one had consulted him.

Poster from Justin Lerner's Girlfriend starring Evan Sneider, Jackson Rathbone, Shannon Woodward and Amanda Plummer. Girlfriend tells of a young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend. Justin Lerner makes his feature-length directorial debut on the drama, helming from his own screenplay. Pic is produced by Jerad Anderson, Kristina Lauren Anderson, Shaun O'Banion, Jackson Rathbone, Sarah Steinberg Heller and Lerner...

Poster from Justin Lerner's Girlfriend starring Evan Sneider, Jackson Rathbone, Shannon Woodward and Amanda Plummer. Girlfriend tells of a young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend. Justin Lerner makes his feature-length directorial debut on the drama, helming from his own screenplay. Pic is produced by Jerad Anderson, Kristina Lauren Anderson, Shaun O'Banion, Jackson Rathbone, Sarah Steinberg Heller and Lerner...

Poster from Justin Lerner's Girlfriend starring Evan Sneider, Jackson Rathbone, Shannon Woodward and Amanda Plummer. Girlfriend tells of a young man with Down's Syndrome romantically pursues a small town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend. Justin Lerner makes his feature-length directorial debut on the drama, helming from his own screenplay. Pic is produced by Jerad Anderson, Kristina Lauren Anderson, Shaun O'Banion, Jackson Rathbone, Sarah Steinberg Heller and Lerner...