Within Connie Francis' last days before her death at the age of 87 (exclusive)

Connie Francis “smiled” and knew that she left this world after her latest Tikok success “this world as big”, her close girlfriend said.

Ron Roberts, a former journalist and current president of the musician label Concetta Records, confirmed that Francis died in a Facebook contribution on the morning of July 17 at the age of 87.

Roberts wrote: “With a heavy heart and extreme grief, 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 learn about these sad news.

As Roberts tells the people of Francis' death, “unfortunately we expected … they could not find out where the pain was exactly” and added that she only thought it was a few problems with her hip “that she had had for some time.”

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In a Facebook post dated July 2, the pop star announced that she was “back in the hospital” and told the fans that she “carried out tests and checks to determine the causes of the extreme pain I experienced”.

Francis announced another contribution two days later and insisted that after a good night of calm she felt “much better” what was the last day on which Roberts spoke to his close friend.

Roberts met Francis for the first time in 1962 when he was a “interview of a life” with the “Who I'm sorry now?” Singer while working for the British newspaper Daily express.

“From that moment on, we became friends for life,” he tells people.

He says that she stays positive until the end: “Absolutely … It is two months with the most extreme than the extremely lowest” while he recognized that Francis had admitted to him that she felt “absolutely terrible” when she shared the post on July 4th.

Roberts tells the people that his friend was a “fighter” and managed to leave the hospital a few days before her death. However, she started to “deteriorate” and was “unconscious” for at least two days before she died.

“She slipped peacefully,” he says.

The last time he added that he said to the musician: “She was obviously in pain and she was very weak. She was in the hospital for a good week at that time. She was tired. [Having all the tests done] Is weak. ”

Despite the tired felt, says Roberts that the fact that Francis had made headlines in the past few months due to her 1962 song “Pretty Little Baby”, who was a big hit at Tikok 63 years after her recording of the B-side, would have had “smile”.

“This is the incredible story, I think: that she left this world as a big star [as she ever was]”He tells his friend's people.

Francis leaves a huge fan base after grabping her 15th and last last Advertising board Hot 100 top 10 to the present day, “vacation”, in September 1962 -a performance that meant that it had most top -10 hits among women. Only Elvis Presley beat her at 16. Advertising board reported.

At the end of the 1960s, the Beatles had scored 30 top 10 goals, while Presley 22 and the Supremes 18 had, the outlet. However, Francis stayed at the top among solo women.

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Roberts, who says he started as a fan of the singer at the age of 14, says to people: “At that time there was no bigger woman on the planet.

Regarding how Francis would be remembered, Roberts says that she would be satisfied with this one line: “I hope I did it well.”

“She would get a kick from seeing that [written]”He shares.