Gale Storm, TV Star of ‘My Little Margie,’ Dies at 87. Gale Storm, the Texas-born actress who made wholesome perkiness a defining element of television’s golden age on two hit sitcoms, “My Little Margie” and “The Gale Storm Show,” died on Saturday in Danville, Calif. She was 87. Her death was confirmed by a representative of the convalescent hospital where she died.