First up, Stockard Channing is still alive and kicking—relax! But the actress who played Rizzo in the original Broadway? Not the same. We’re talking about the movie cast.
Stockard Channing, the movie Rizzo, is alive at 80. She’s still sassy. But let’s honor the ones we’ve lost from that pink-lady crew.
The T-Birds We’ll Never Forget
Start your engines for Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie. That guy could fix a car and rock a pompadour. He passed away in 2011 at just 60, due to pneumonia and drug complications.
Here’s the quirky part: on set, Conaway hated John Travolta’s hair because it kept stealing the spotlight. True story—he joked Travolta’s grease was too shiny. They still shared a dance-off in “Greased Lightnin’.”
