Two weeks after it was revealed that Connie Francis had been hospitalized, the singer was died on the age of 87. Greatest identified for her hits together with “Who’s Sorry Now?” and “Fairly Little Child,” Francis was the primary feminine solo artist to have a No. 1 hit on the Billboard 100 charts.
The information was confirmed by Ron Roberts, who’s Francis’ buddy and the president of her file label. “It’s with a heavy coronary heart and excessive unhappiness that i inform you of the passing of my pricey buddy Connie Francis final evening,” Francis wrote through Fb on Thursday, July 17. “I do know that Connie would approve that her followers are among the many first to be taught of this unhappy information. Extra particulars will observe later.”
On July 2, Francis took to Fb herself to replace followers on her well being. “Hey Everybody — As a lot of you might now have realized by way of Cousin Brucie’s Fb web page, I’m again in hospital the place I’ve been present process assessments and checks to find out the trigger(s) of the intense ache I’ve been experiencing,” she wrote. “I had hoped to participate in Brucie’s present for Independence Day, having needed to cancel a earlier slot a couple of 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 on your many get effectively quickly messages. I’ll endeavor to maintain you up to date. Love, Connie.”
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Later that day, she offered an replace, including, ” I’m happy to advise that following a collection of assessments and examinations in Intensive Care, I’ve now been transferred to a personal room. Thanks all on your variety ideas, phrases and prayers. They imply a lot! Love, Connie.”
On July 4, she posted once more, writing, “Hey Everybody, At the moment I’m feeling significantly better after a very good evening, and wished to take this chance of wishing you all a cheerful Fourth of July. Thanks all on your continued variety ideas and prayers. A cheerful Independence Day to you and your family members. Love, Connie.” Since then, her web page has had no updates.
Regardless of being launched in 1962, Francis’ hit “Fairly Little Child” just lately went viral on TikTok. Her music “Everbody’s Someone’s Idiot” was the primary observe by a solo feminine artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 charts.
Throughout her profession, Francis struggled with psychological well being points following the homicide of her brother, George, being raped in a motel room, and extra. She survived a suicide try within the Eighties.
“I used to be misdiagnosed as bipolar, ADD, ADHD, and some different letters the scientific neighborhood had by no means heard of,” Francis as soon as advised The Village Voice. “A number of years later, I used to be found to have had post-traumatic stress dysfunction following a horrendous string of occasions in my life.”
Francis was in a relationship with singer Bobby Darin, though her father tried to maintain them aside, earlier than his loss of life on the age of 37 in 1973. She was married 4 occasions, first to Dick Kanellis in 1964, then briefly to Izzy Marion in 1971 for lower than a 12 months. Her third husband was Joseph Garzilli, whom she adopted a son, Joseph Garzilli Jr. with. They tied the knot in 1971 and break up six years later. Her fourth marriage was to Bob Parkinson for just some months in 1985.
In 2003, Francis started courting Tony Ferretti. They had been collectively till his loss of life in 2022.