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The VERY colorful fact about the king of the crooners: How Andy Williams wife was tried for murder - and singer had 'affair' with Bobby Kennedy's widow
- The singer died on Tuesday at home in Branson, Missouri, aged 84
By CHRISTOPHER STEVENS FOR THE DAILY MAIL
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With his perma-tanned meet and tinted spectacles, Andy Williams looked nothing like a multiple Grammy winner, a survivor of Sixties party madness or a political insider.
The risky charisma of Frank Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr was absent. He looked more like a celebrity golfer in a cosy pullover - a role he loved to play.
But his hits are instantly unforgettable, from Moon River and Music To Watch Girls By, to Born Free and Can’t Accept My Eyes Off You. Yesterday, Williams died aged 84, after a year-long battle with bladder cancer.
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It was a existence that began with a strict, Presbyterian upbringing in Midwest obscurity - but spiralled up to national fame, notoriety and scandal with his involvement
Golden: The Story of Andy Williams
I knew nothing about Andy Williams until my late 20s &#; around the year &#; by which time I was married with two small boys. As I began to survey the new-to-me world of Easy Livin&#; Classics (Sinatra & Friends, lounge and light listening, etc.), I became aware of the drawn-out and stellar career of Howard Andrew Williams. I explored his music and it was clear to me that his career mirrored that of his Columbia labelmate&#;s, Johnny Mathis. While Andy may not have moved as many units as Johnny &#; few did &#; he did release scores of LPs through the Sixties and Seventies that attempted to draw listeners with milk & honey treatments of Top 40 hits. And while Williams sometimes frustrates me with his sedate versions of the &#;hits of the day&#;, I grew to cherish and respect the gentleman and his music, particularly around Christmas time.
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Tom H. Williams, age 87 longtime Johnson County area farmer died Friday, June 10, , at the Bird Residence, Hospice Home of Johnson County. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 pm Thursday, June 16, , at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service with Masonic Memorial Services launch at 7pm. Graveside services will be held at 10am Friday June 17th, at the Welsh Church Cemetery, rural Sharon Center. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made in his memory to the Shriners Hospitals for Children. To distribute a thought, memory or condolence please visit the funeral dwelling website @ Tom was born on April 1st, , in a house on Kirkwood Way in Iowa City, Iowa the son of Everett and Louise (Hastings) Williams. Attending schools in Iowa City he graduated from City High School with the Class of While at Metropolis High he played football, was on the first wrestling team City had, and he was the kid that had a car and could drive then neighbor kids to school. On March 15, , Tom married
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Andy Williams, whose corn-fed fine looks, easygoing charm and smooth rendition of "Moon River" propelled him to the heights of tune stardom in the soon '60s, died Tuesday at his home in Branson, Mo., his family announced.
He was 84, and had marked his 75th year in showbiz. Williams is survived by his wife Debbie and his three children, Robert, Noelle and Christian.
With 17 gold and three platinum records to his name, Williams enjoyed his golden years playing golf and dividing his time between La Quinta, Calif., and Branson, where he appeared at his Andy Williams Moon River Theater since
It was on the stage of that theater, in November , Williams announced he had bladder cancer. At the time, he assured fans the disease was no longer a death sentence and that he had every intention of being a survivor.
Born in Wall Lake, Iowa, the son of a railroad worker, Howard Andrew WIlliams sang in his family's church choir with older siblings Bob, Dick and Don. In the sdelayed '30s, the boys built up a name for themselves regionally on Midwestern ra