[doubled]

In addition to his musical compositions, Leroux said, her husband was a Navy veteran in the Korean War and later in life spent time as a painting contractor

I hate to bring this up as I love the songs mentioned, but dying at 68 now puts him at 12 in 1950 thus a little young to be a Navy vet in Korea.

[lunarbicep]

I hate to bring this up as I love the songs mentioned, but dying at 68 now puts him at 12 in 1950 thus a little young to be a Navy vet in Korea.

certainly a valid point. I did see on another forum where someone posted that according to the ASCAP, Paul vance was on Nov. 4, 1929, which would make him 76, not 68. I have searched @ ASCAP but was UN-able to confirm this for myself.

[smalltownslick]

I hate to bring this up as I love the songs mentioned, but dying at 68 now puts him at 12 in 1950 thus a little young to be a Navy vet in Korea.

It's one of those stories, this happens periodically. You caught only one of several suspicious bits of "information" in the obit. The real Paul Vance, much older, is still alive. AP has issued a retraction.