Legendary nation and pop singer Connie Francis, recognized for her hit Pretty Little Baby, has died on the age of 87.
Her loss of life was confirmed on social media by her buddy and copyright supervisor Ron Roberts.
‘It’s with a heavy coronary heart and excessive unhappiness that i inform you of the passing of my expensive buddy Connie Francis final night time,” he wrote on Facebook.
‘I do know that Connie would approve that her followers are among the many first to study of this unhappy information.’
Final month Francis cancelled an look on Cousin Brucie’s Independence Day radio present when she was hospitalised and transferred to intensive care because of ‘excessive ache’.
On July 2, Francis wrote on Fb: ‘As lots of you could now have discovered via Cousin Brucie’s Fb web page, I’m again in hospital the place I’ve been present process exams and checks to find out the trigger(s) of the intense ache I’ve been experiencing.
‘I had hoped to participate in Brucie’s present for Independence Day, having needed to cancel a earlier slot just a few weeks in the past when receiving remedy on my hip. Sadly, I needed to let him know that I once more needed to withdraw.
‘My thanks in your many get properly quickly messages. I’ll endeavor to maintain you up to date.’
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