Royal gained a huge following at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah, Georgia, where close to 2,500 people each night would flock to the club to see him and others perform. Royal, who was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1988, died in his sleep of natural causes.Īmerican Pop and Country Singer. His final album, 'His First Gospel Album', was released in 2009. His final charted single was 1992’s 'I’m Okay (And Gettin’ Better)', which peaked at No. His next fourteen single releases hit the country charts, with the biggest being his cover of 'Tell It Like It Is', which hit No.
In late 1985, he released 'Burned Like a Rocket' which was rapidly climbing the country singles chart, and had just entered the top ten in January 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, and due to the title of the song, the single began to fall quickly back down the charts with many radio stations pulling the song off the air. His subsequent hits included 'I Knew You When' and 'Cherry Hill Park'. In 1965, Royal released 'Down in the Boondocks' which peaked at No. It was there that Royal would become friends with Roy Orbison who gave him encouragement to pursue his dream as an artist. Launched one of the country’s most successful mail order catalogs.American Pop and Country Singer. Spokesman for American Indian protesters during the 1969 Alcatraz Island occupation, and head of the American Indian Movement. ■Holly Woodlawn, 69, transgender actress, appeared in Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey films of the 1970s including “Trash” and “Women in Revolt.” Cancer. Scottish author, known for “tartan noir” books such as “Laidlaw.” American actor who danced on the giant piano keys in “Big” with Tom Hanks. Died in his sleep while on a tour stop in Minneapolis. Singer/frontman in Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver. Actress, performed in 1940s films, and played Danny Thomas’ wife starting in 1953 in “Make Room For Daddy,” known later as “The Danny Thomas Show.” The former wife of the late Norman Mailer, she was stabbed by Mailer after a party at their Manhattan apartment. American actor he was a regular on “Bonanza.” He wrote ’60s classics “Eve of Destruction” and “Secret Agent Man.” Pancreatic cancer. New Orleans songwriter/producer/pianist, wrote “Lady Marmalade,” “Southern Nights,” “Workin’ in a Coal Mine,” among many others. The Extra-terrestrial, “The Black Stallion”), and ex-wife of Harrison Ford. Actor (“Law and Order”) and former senator from Tennessee.
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Lovable character actor with the hangdog face who was known to millions of TV viewers for playing Murray the cop on “The Odd Couple” and malt shop owner Al Delvecchio on “Happy Days.” ■Maureen O’Hara, 95, Irish-American actress (“How Green Was My Valley,” “Miracle on 34th Street,” “The Quiet Man”). ■Marty Ingels, 79, American actor (“I’m Dicken s, He’s Fenster,” “Pac-Man”), husband of Shirley Jones. Vocalist and funding member of Three Dog Night, sang lead on “Mama Told Me (Not to Come).”
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Author of many pop novels about Hollywood, movie and rock stars and romance (and sister of actress Joan Collins). ■9: Bruce Nazarian, 66, musician (Brownsville Station) and producer. ■Paul Prudhomme, 75, American chef, cookbook writer and restaurateur, recipient of the Order of Agricultural Merit (1980). Widow of musician Frank Zappa, businesswoman, former member of the GTOs. ■Billy Joe Royal, 73, American pop and country singer (“Down in the Boondocks,” “Cherry Hill Park.” After retiring from football, Farr acquired several Ford dealerships and became a familiar sight on Detroit TV with his “Mel Farr Superstar” commercials. British singer with a big, brassy voice (“Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “You’re My World,”), friend of the Beatles and British TV host. The daughter of the late Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina had been placed into a medically induced coma after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her Atlanta home in January.
First appeared as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” in a stage production in Israel, and was in the original stage production of “The Sound of Music.”
Sanders was the first woman to anchor a primetime network newscast when she substituted for an ailing male anchor on ABC in 1964.
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