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Connie Francis, ‘Where the Boys Are’ Singer and Actress, Dies at 87
Hollywood Reporter ^
| 07/17/2025
| Mike Barnes
Posted on 07/17/2025 4:23:21 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Connie Francis, the actress and beloved pop vocalist who had hits with “Who’s Sorry Now?,” “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool,” “Stupid Cupid” and “Where the Boys Are” before her life took several turbulent turns, has died. She was 87.
Ron Roberts, her friend and the president of the musician’s label Concetta Records, shared the news on Facebook on Thursday. “It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness that i inform you of the passing of my dear friend Connie Francis last night,” he wrote in a note that was reposted by the official Francis account on Facebook. “I know that Connie would approve that her fans are among the first to learn of this sad news.” People.com reported the news earlier.
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To: Kid Shelleen
Didn’t know she was still alive.
What a different time that was!
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posted on
07/17/2025 4:25:01 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: nuconvert
Great singer but according to the article had a lot of tragedy in her life.
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posted on
07/17/2025 4:27:16 AM PDT
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Kid Shelleen
“had a lot of tragedy in her life.:
Yes, she did
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posted on
07/17/2025 4:57:11 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
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To: Kid Shelleen
Her personal life, however, was filled with tragedy. Her self-described one true love, singer Bobby Darin, was chased away by her strict father before they could elope, and she had four unhappy marriages, two miscarriages and a son that lived for only 10 days; was raped at knifepoint in a Long Island motel; her brother was murdered, gangland style; botched nasal surgery took away her singing voice for years; and she was diagnosed with manic depression and involuntarily institutionalized 17 times.
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posted on
07/17/2025 5:07:27 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
To: Kid Shelleen
Grand Funk Railroad mentioned her in We’re an American Band....................
“Sweet, sweet Connie, doin’ her act...
She had the whole show and that’s a natural fact!”
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posted on
07/17/2025 5:43:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
“Sweet, sweet Connie, doin’ her act...
She had the whole show and that’s a natural fact!”
Uhhh?
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posted on
07/17/2025 5:51:08 AM PDT
by
dljordan
(The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
07/17/2025 5:52:00 AM PDT
by
linMcHlp
To: Kid Shelleen
To: Kid Shelleen
“Where the Boys Are”
…today…on the girls swim team
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posted on
07/17/2025 6:08:16 AM PDT
by
albie
To: nuconvert
What a different time that was!A different world.
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posted on
07/17/2025 6:10:35 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: Kid Shelleen
A beautiful woman who went against the attempts to legalize homosexuality in Florida in the late 1970s. As a result the news media who once loved her, turned on her like a junk yard dog and destroyed her career.
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Woops! Got her mixed up with another Miss America, Anita Bryant. Not Connie Francis. My error.
To: Red Badger
Freddy Cannon also mentioned her in his 1961 hit
Transistor Sister--"It's Presley, Darin and US Bonds; it's Fats & Connie & Orbison."
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
To: dljordan; Red Badger
Wrong Connie. The one in that song refers to a groupie.
To: kosciusko51
A groupie????....You mean for 50+ years I have been thinking they sang about Connie Francis, possibly as an opening act or they were hers?.....While they partied backstage and eventually the hotel..........
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posted on
07/17/2025 6:57:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: kosciusko51
Wrong Connie. The one in that song refers to a groupie.AI said it was a made up unknown person who performed.
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posted on
07/17/2025 6:59:24 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: kosciusko51
“Wrong Connie. The one in that song refers to a groupie.”
That’s what I thought.
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posted on
07/17/2025 7:12:53 AM PDT
by
dljordan
(The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
To: Red Badger
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07/17/2025 7:14:27 AM PDT
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1Old Pro
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