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| *They lived in the same house together through most of their lives. | *They lived in the same house together through most of their lives. | ||
| *When performing together, especially in later years, they often did shows for nearly nothing or free altogether. | *When performing together, especially in later years, they often did shows for nearly nothing or free altogether. | ||
| *They were distant descendants of ] and ]. | |||
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The Del Rubio Triplets were a variety/musical act who rose to notoriety in the 1980s due mostly to their campy style of dress and their goofy interpretations of standards and songs of the era. Their biggest "hit" was an acoustic-guitar cover version of the song "Whip It" by Devo. They made various television appearances such as Married... with Children, Full House, The Golden Girls, and Pee-wee's Playhouse wearing bouffant hair-dos and gaudy blue eyeshadow. They often appeared scantily clad (usually showing off their legs) despite the fact that they were in their sixties at the time. They are often remembered for their contribution of "Winter Wonderland" to the Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special that originally aired in 1988. They also briefly appeared in the motion picture Americathon, playing "America the Beautiful" behind several posing bodybuilders.
The three performed until Eadie was diagnosed with cancer in 1996 where she died at Torrance Memorial Hospital in Torrance, California. After her death Elena and Milly never again performed but lived quietly for five years until Elena died in 2001. Elena was admitted to a hospital to undergo some tests where she found that she had cancer and later died. Elena and Eadie are interred in a family plot at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California next to their father.
Since the death of Elena Del Rubio, Milly has remained in the San Pedro, California home that they all shared together. She is an avid reader of newspapers and magazines, and finds one of her pleasures is watching Larry King Live. In August 2006, Milly celebrated her 85th birthday.
Members
- Eadie, birth name Edith B. Boyd (1921-1996)
- Elena, birth name Elena Boyd (1921-2001)
- Milly, birth name Milly Boyd (b. 1921)
Discography
- Three Gals, Three Guitars
- Jingle Belles (Christmas album)
- Whip It
- Anthology (2000) ("best of" collection)
Trivia
- The three never married.
- They lived in the same house together through most of their lives.
- When performing together, especially in later years, they often did shows for nearly nothing or free altogether.
- They were distant descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe.