Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood’s golden age musicals, who sang with Howard Keel in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and danced with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, died on Thursday, at the age of 92.

Powell passed away at her Wilton, Connecticut home, longtime friend Susan Granger said, adding that Powell died of natural causes. “Jane was the most wonderful friend. She was candid and honest. You never asked Jane a question you didn’t want an honest answer to,” she said.