‘Grease’ star Edd ‘Kookie’ Byrnes dead at 87
January 10, 2020, 5:01 pm
Edd Byrnes, who famously played Kookie on “77 Sunset Strip” and Vince Fontaine in “Grease,” is dead at age 87. ET reports the former teen idol died of natural causes Wednesday at his Santa Monica home. Byrnes played the cool kid Kookie from 1958 to 1964, had a hit song in 1959 with “Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb),” and hosted ...
