Entertainment briefs 5/18/2016

Tejano star Emilio Navaira dies at 53

SAN ANTONIO -- Grammy-winning Tejano star Emilio Navaira has died in South Texas. He was 53. Police in New Braunfels, Texas, said in a statement Tuesday preliminary results indicate the entertainer died of natural causes. Officers were dispatched to a home in the city Monday night after relatives reported finding Navaira not breathing. He was pronounced dead at a hospital in New Braunfels, 20 miles northeast of Navaira's hometown of San Antonio. An autopsy will be conducted. Navaira, who was known to his fans as simply Emilio, was injured critically in 2008 when he was thrown through the windshield of his tour bus in an accident in the Houston area. Navaira later pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. He won a 2002 Grammy for Best Tejano Album, "Acuerdate."

'Casablanca' actress LeBeau dies at 92

ROME -- French actress Madeleine LeBeau, best known for her small but memorable role in "Casablanca" as Rick's pushed-aside girlfriend Yvonne who passionately sings "La Marseillaise" at a pivotal moment in the film, has died. She was 92. The actress died May 1 in Spain after suffering a thigh-bone fracture, Carlo Alberto Pinelli said. In "Casablanca," LeBeau, at only 19, got her big moment during the scene in which the patrons of Rick's Cafe Americain stand up and sing "La Marseillaise" in an attempt to drown out a song being sung by a group of German soldiers. The camera zooms in on LeBeau's face, and her glassy, tearful eyes. As the song nears its close, LeBeau shouts, "Vive la France!"

-- From wire reports