Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)

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American singer-songwriter Lou Christie, a 1960s music idol who soared to the top of the charts in the US and UK with songs including "Lightnin’ Strikes", and "Two Faces Have I", has died aged 82. Christie died at home in Pittsburgh after a short illness.

He was born Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco in February 1943 in Glenwillard, Pennsylvania. He was known for his stupendous singing voice, that had a four-octave range and a distinctive falsetto.

Christie is survived by his beauty queen wife Francesca, who he married in 1971, and their daughter Bianca. Their son Christopher died in a motorbike crash aged 46 in 2014. RIP Lou.

 

Edited Friday at 12:20 AM by onetrack