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Former Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby begins last hurrah as Peter Pan

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20041003
Author:JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Writer

JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-03-2004
Dateline: LOS ANGELES
He's the boy who won't grow up _ but the actress who has played Peter Pan for 30 years finally has.

Cathy Rigby was barely out of her teens the first time she strapped on a sword and flew off a stage to do battle with the evil Capt. Hook in James M. Barrie's enduring children's classic, "Peter Pan."

She's 51 now, and although the trim, youthful Rigby can soar across a stage better than ever, she has decided the time is right to hang up her sword, say goodbye to the Lost Boys and leave Neverland behind.

Not that ...

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