Connie Franci's death: 'Pretty Little Baby' singer dies, 87 years old

The American singer and actress Connie Francis died at the age of 87, just two weeks after she was taken to the hospital with “extreme pain”.

The news was confirmed on Thursday (July 17) on Facebook by the singer friend, Ron Roberts, the President of the Musician Label, Concetta Record.

Roberts wrote: “With a heavy heart and extreme sadness, I inform you about the death of my dear friend Connie Francis last night.”

“I know that Connie would agree that her fans are among the first to find out about these sad news. Further details will follow later,” concluded the message. Her death was also confirmed on Francis' official Facebook page.

The 87-year-old, who was an important star in the 1950s and 1960s, was admitted to the hospital at the beginning of this month and forced to cancel a special show for the Independence Day in addition to the radio personality cousin brucie after “extreme pain”.

“Hello everyone – how many of them have now learned on the Facebook page of cousin brucies, I am back in the hospital, where I carried out tests and checks to determine the causes of the extreme pain that I experienced,” she wrote on Facebook on July 2.

“I had hoped to take part in Brucies Show for Independence Day after I had to cancel an earlier slot a few weeks ago when I treated it on my hip. Unfortunately, I had to let him know that I had to withdraw. My thanks will soon be good for her many. I will try to keep her up to date.

In June, the singer revealed that she had “carried out tests to determine the cause of pelvic pain on my right side”. She said she had been informed that the pain “was due to a fracture”.

“It looks like I might have to rely on my wheelchair a little longer than expected,” said Francis, adding that she would not be able to show cousin brucies show this weekend.

Francis' song “Pretty Little Baby” has revived in the past few months thanks to Tikkok and Instagram Reels in the past few months. The trend song was used by several top -class celebrities, including Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian.

Francis spoke about the renewed popularity of the track in May and admitted that she didn't even remember the song.

“I had to hear it to remember,” she said People. “To believe that a song I recorded 63 years ago, the hearts of millions of people is really great. It is an amazing feeling.”

She called it “an honor” and added: “To see that they pay me a homage to me is just breathtaking.”

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Francis was a prominent singer in the early 1950s and early 1960s. She is also known for her earlier hits “stupid cupid”, “who is sorry” and “Frankie”.

At the time of his publication, “Pretty Little Baby” was not a great success. In fact, it was not even published as a single. In April of this year, however, it was streamed in the United States 17,000 times a week, and a month later it rose to 2.4 million currents a week a week Advertising board.

It helped his popularity on social media to streaming, where it has achieved 14 million streams worldwide and lands on Spotify's Global Top. Since then, Francis' Label Republic/Ume has released versions of the song that she originally sang in Swedish, Japanese and other languages when her label, MGM, hoped that it was reporting to Outsiced from the USA.

The Francis, born in Newark in 1937, born in Newark, New Jersey, sold over 200 million records worldwide.

In 1960 she was celebrated as the most successful artist in countries such as Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Italy and Australia. In the same year she wrote the story as the first woman to reach the number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her hit “Everything”.

She was the first woman to score three No. 1 goal in the table, which belonged to her 53 career -singles.

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Francis was hospitalized in 1974 after she was raped in her hotel room and almost suffocated after she had just performed in New York on the Westbury Music Music Fair. Later she was compensated for the attack for the attack after arguing that the Hotel Howard Johnson Motor Lodges Inc did not provide her “a safe and safe room”. Francis' advocacy finally led to a change in the hotel security protocols. The trauma of the incident, however, prevented Francis from appearing for several years, and the perpetrator of the attack was never found.

Her brother was murdered a few years later and her father took her to the hospital against her will for psychological reasons. After that, she didn't talk to him for six years. Before his death in 1996, they had their first real conversation.

“I attributed four bad marriages to him because I never grew up like a normal teenager … He could not endure the idea that men took his place in my heart. It was a love affair that is very flammable. We always argue.”

She notices her time to entertain the troops in Vietnam as her career and says that her purpose is to help veterans and to raise awareness of mental health.

“I gave so much. I want to give back people mentally ill. We are working on a program for homeless veterans … the mentally sick, they had no voice.”

In 1984 she published her autobiography Who is sorry nowWhat became one New York Times Bestseller.

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Since then, fans have counted the star tribute. One person wrote: “These are so sad news. Connie was since 1956 when I was only six years old. Through her music, she helped me through bad times and encouraged me through good times. Her Italian recordings helped me to learn Italian and I appreciate the correspondence she received from her.

A second person said: “Very sad news. I had hoped that she would be included in the Rock'n'roll -hall of Fame before her death.

A third praised her for her bravery and spoke out for victims of sexual attacks: “Thank you for spending an advantage.

Additional reporting according to the Associated Press.