Yvonne King Burch, one of the King Sisters, an accomplished swing-era vocal group that later starred with their extended family in a television variety show, has died. She was 89.
Burch, who was injured in a fall, died last week at a hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., her family said.
Born Jan. 20, 1920, in Ephraim, Utah, she was the sixth of eight children of William King Driggs and his wife, Pearl.
Her father was an old-time vaudevillian who trained his children to sing. Billed as the Driggs Family of Entertainers, they toured the West, eventually settling in Oakland, Calif.
When her three oldest sisters -- Maxine, Luise and Alyce -- formed their own vocal group in junior high, they billed themselves as the King Sisters. The trio became a quartet when Yvonne, then 14, joined with another sister, Donna, after Maxine left to get married.
With another sister and a friend in the lineup, they became known as the Six King Sisters. They first attracted attention in 1935 by performing with Horace Heidt's band.
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