** FILE ** Actress, comedian, singer Edie Adams poses in a dance costume in this May 23, 1963 file photo. Adams, the blond beauty who won a Tony Award for bringing Daisy Mae to life on Broadway and was television foil for her husband, Ernie Kovacs, died Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008, in a Los Angeles hospital from pneumonia and cancer, publicist Henri Bollinger said. She was 81. (AP Photo/FILE)