‘Pretty Little Baby’ original singer Connie Francis dead at 87

Connie Francis throughout a press convention in Los Angeles on November 27, 1978. Picture: AP Photograph/Wally Fong

Connie FrancisA pop singer who’s greatest recognized for her hit numbers “Fairly Little Child” and “Stud Cupido” died, confirmed her good buddy. She was 87 years previous.

Francis died on Wednesday, July 16, as introduced by her good buddy Ron Roberts in a Fb message, a day later. The reason for her demise was not introduced.

“It’s with a troublesome coronary heart and excessive unhappiness that I inform you concerning the demise of my expensive buddy Connie Francis final evening. I do know that Connie would approve that her followers are the primary to be taught from this unhappy information. Extra particulars will observe later,” learn his message.

Francis died weeks after she was restricted to an unknown hospital for ‘excessive ache’, which led to the cancellation of a deliberate efficiency of Independence Day. In accordance with the singer, she underwent assessments to find out the reason for her ‘excessive ache’.

Two days after her hospitalization was introduced, she assured her followers that she ‘felt a lot better’, whereas she wished her American followers a contented Independence Day.

“Hiya everybody, in the present day I really feel a lot better after evening and I wished to take this chance to want you all a contented fourth of July. Thanks all in your fixed pleasant ideas and prayers. A contented independence day for you and your family members. Love, Connie,” she mentioned in one in every of her final Fb experiences.

Born Concetta Franconero, Francis has made waves underneath the youthful era after “Fairly Little Child” and “Stomme Cupido” went viral on Tiktok. The current improve led each songs to make a comeback within the music graphs.

In accordance with folks, she was probably the most productive singers from the Fifties to the early Sixties and was even the primary feminine singer to surpass the Billboard Scorching 100 hit lists with “Everyone’s Someone’s Idiot.”