Heartbreak as Margaret Kerry, the original model behind Disney’s Peter Pan icon, dies aged 97 after cancer battle (opens in new tab)

MARGARET Kerry, the actress and dancer who helped bring Disney’s iconic Tinker Bell to life, has died aged 97. The star, whose movements inspired Disney's mischievous fairy in the 1953 classic Peter Pan, passed away after a battle with lung cancer. Kerry died peacefully on June 11 in North Carolina surrounded by her children, according...