Ann Robinson, star of original ‘War of the Worlds,’ dies at 96

She slipped away in the quiet shadows of a Los Angeles home, a departure so hushed that the world remained oblivious for nearly a year. Ann Robinson, the flame-haired icon who defined the terror of the 1953 classic War of the Worlds, had vanished from the public eye, leaving behind a silence that felt heavy with unanswered questions. Why would a star continue reading …