( 4UMF NEWS ) Singer Andy Williams Dies:
Sad news to report from the music world: Legendary singer Andy Williams died Tuesday night.
His rep tells Lifeline Live that Williams passed away after a year-long battle with bladder cancer. He was 84.
Williams, who was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s as well as an avid golfer, died at home in Branson, Mo., where he owns the Moon River Theatre. Moon River — by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini — was one of Williams’ signature songs. On Twitter, fans are saying farewell to our “huckleberry friend.”
“The old cliche says that if you can remember the 1960s, you weren’t there,” the singer once recalled. “Well, I was there all right, but my memory of them is blurred â?? not by any drugs I took but by the relentless pace of the schedule I set myself.”
Said Kathie Lee Gifford on Today this morning, “He had perhaps the most beautiful male voice ever. Perfect pitch.”
Williams was also well-known in the 1970s and ’80s for his Christmas television specials. Known for his affable, easy-going personality, he hosted the Grammys, the Golden Globes and the People’s Choice Awards numerous times.
