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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


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1 posted on 07/17/2025 4:23:21 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

Didn’t know she was still alive.
What a different time that was!


2 posted on 07/17/2025 4:25:01 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert
Great singer but according to the article had a lot of tragedy in her life.
3 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)
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To: Kid Shelleen

“had a lot of tragedy in her life.:

Yes, she did


4 posted on 07/17/2025 4:57:11 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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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.
5 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.👨 )
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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!”


6 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....................)
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To: Red Badger

“Sweet, sweet Connie, doin’ her act...
She had the whole show and that’s a natural fact!”

Uhhh?


7 posted on 07/17/2025 5:51:08 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: Kid Shelleen

pttt


8 posted on 07/17/2025 5:52:00 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Kid Shelleen

Tragic personal life during her greatest professional success.

In the end she found love.

I love this duet with her long time partner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6KmXFQwUjs


9 posted on 07/17/2025 6:00:34 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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To: Kid Shelleen

“Where the Boys Are”

…today…on the girls swim team


10 posted on 07/17/2025 6:08:16 AM PDT by albie
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To: nuconvert
What a different time that was!

A different world.

11 posted on 07/17/2025 6:10:35 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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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.


12 posted on 07/17/2025 6:44:09 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( )
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Woops! Got her mixed up with another Miss America, Anita Bryant. Not Connie Francis. My error.


13 posted on 07/17/2025 6:47:04 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( )
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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."
14 posted on 07/17/2025 6:48:30 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Anita Bryant sang one of my favorite songs of the 1960s.

One of the Lucky Ones (1960)

15 posted on 07/17/2025 6:51:34 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: dljordan; Red Badger

Wrong Connie. The one in that song refers to a groupie.


16 posted on 07/17/2025 6:54:25 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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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..........


17 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....................)
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To: kosciusko51
Wrong Connie. The one in that song refers to a groupie.

AI said it was a made up unknown person who performed.

18 posted on 07/17/2025 6:59:24 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: kosciusko51

“Wrong Connie. The one in that song refers to a groupie.”

That’s what I thought.


19 posted on 07/17/2025 7:12:53 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: Red Badger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Hamzy


20 posted on 07/17/2025 7:14:27 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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