The famed lounge singer Robert Goulet has died, He was 73 years old. From CNN.com right here.
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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, has died. He was 73.
The singer died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles hospital while awaiting a lung transplant, said Goulet spokesman Norm Johnson.
He had been awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being found last month to have a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis.
Goulet had remained in good spirits even as he waited for the transplant, said Vera Goulet, his wife of 25 years
"Just watch my vocal cords," she said he told doctors before they inserted a breathing tube.
The Massachusetts-born Goulet, who spent much of his youth in Canada, gained stardom in 1960 with "Camelot," the Lerner and Loewe musical that starred Richard Burton as King Arthur and Julie Andrews as his Queen Guenevere.
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Goulet played Sir Lancelot, the arrogant French knight who falls in love with Guenevere.
He became a hit with American TV viewers with appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other programs. Sullivan labeled him the "American baritone from Canada," where he had already been a popular star in the 1950s, hosting his own show called "General Electric's Showtime."
This was posted today, Don't know what you mean by that.
iammesol
Hes not DEAD! I'm watching him right now :o
farley
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Originally posted by iammesol
Hes not DEAD! I'm watching him right now :o
lol...this is hard to top, but i think ferrell on conan is better.
who will elks beat in staring contests now? :(
PoisonJam19
I remember him in Naked Gun 2 1/2
jupiterone
You're hungry. You don't even blink do you?
:stongue: :stongue:
R.I.P
nchs09
who is this goulet fella?
_Nut_
Sad... I was listening to NPR last week and they talked about how severe his situation was. And to think that if he had a transplant... there was an 80% survival rate
Mr.Mystery
Weird, I just saw him on TV yesterday for the first time in... well, years.
Ian
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Weird, I just saw him on TV yesterday for the first time in... well, years.
