Singer Dolores Hope, who performed with husband for troops, dies at 102

Hope family spokesman Harlan Boll said Hope died Monday of natural causes at home in Los Angeles. He did not elaborate.

Bob Hope died at age 100 on July 27, 2003.

At her 100th birthday party, Hope appeared little-changed: Her white hair was richly coiffed, her skin smooth and her voice deep and warm.

Hope mused, "I thought it was going to be just another birthday."

In 1933, when Bob Hope was appearing in his first Broadway show, "Roberta," his friend and fellow cast member George Murphy persuaded him to visit the Vogue Club to "hear a pretty girl sing." She was Dolores Reade, a dark beauty whose singing of "It's Only a Paper Moon" entranced the young comedian.

Hope returned every night and soon he was escorting her to her hotel after her shows. They married on Feb. 19, 1934, and she joined his vaudeville act. Then she retired.