Breaking: Singer Andy Williams has died...

[hlthe2b]

Link to follow.

Yes, he was a RWer, but I think a lot will still remember him somewhat fondly from years past--especially the baby boomers.



This was from back in July: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174211/Singer-Andy-Williams-returns-home-spend-dying-days-surrounded-family.html

Singer Andy Williams has returned home to spend his final days with his family after doctors told him they can do nothing more to treat his bladder cancer.

The Moon River crooner, 84, is now at his Branson, Missouri, home surrounded by his wife, children and friends.

He has asked them to remember the good times and the music he has created over a career that has last three-quarters of a century.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174211/Singer-Andy-Williams-returns-home-spend-dying-days-surrounded-family.html#ixzz27a9AgyAO
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Update:http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/09/26/legendary-crooner-andy-williams-has-died-dies/70001170/1#.UGMC1a5m2Ps

Legendary crooner Andy Williams has died
By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY
Updated 5m ago

Sad news to report from the music world: Legendary singer Andy Williams died Tuesday night.

His rep tells Lifeline Live that Williams died after a year-long battle with bladder cancer. He was 84.

Williams passed away at home in Branson, Mo.,where he owns the Moon River Theatre. Moon River was one of Williams' signature songs.

The singer, who also had a residence in La Quinta, Calif., is survived by his wife Debbie and his three children, Robert, Noelle and Christian.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network.

[BlueToTheBone]

1. Float that Moon River, Andy!

RIP

[sinkingfeeling]

2. He's gone over 'Moon River'. RIP

[lunatica]

3. Rest in Peace Andy

You had a gift and you shared it generously

[AngryAmish]

4. I always remember him from the grammar rodeo...

[hlthe2b]

6. Grammar rodeo?

I remember his Christmas Specials from early childhood, but what was the grammar rodeo?

[monmouth]

11. i believe it was Andy who gave the Osmonds their break. That was a great show..n/t

[CTyankee]

5. Hate to say this, but I thought he was already dead. I got him mixed up with John Denver.

I loved Moon River, but more for the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" than anything else...

[Brigid]

7. I hadn't heard anything about him in years.

Didn't know he was a right-winger. I remember watching his TV show when I was a kid.

[Greybnk48]

8. His show was wildly popular in the 60's

being one of the few places to see singers/musicians perform other than live. R.I.P. Andy (I don't care if he was a repug).

[MariaM83]

9. I had thought he had been a colon cancer survivor from decades ago

[BumRushDaShow]

10. R.I.P.

although seems no one else was reporting this yet... but I think it now may have hit AP (which would put it about everywhere).

He sang so many of the wonderful "standard" classics as one of the great crooners of an era now fading away.

[CBGLuthier]

12. The Rolling Stones did a song about his (murderous) ex wife

[hlthe2b]

14. I wonder whatever became of her...

There is an area and a ski run named after Spider Savitch at Snowmass and I know that she lived in Aspen for years. Aspenites tend to leave people alone, so I'm not surprised she would stay there...

[nolabear]

13. Sorry to hear that. RIP. He had a sweet voice.