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The high school in the ’70s hit musical “Grease” was named what?

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The high school in the ’70s hit musical “Grease” was named what?

In “Grease,” Rydell high school was named for Bobby Rydell. A star of radio, television, and the movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged in the late ’50s and early ’60s after Elvis Presley and before the Beatles’ rise._x000D_

Did Bobby Rydell die?

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_x000D__x000D_On April 5, 2022, Rydell died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in a suburb of his hometown of Philadelphia. He was 79.

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