Posted on 10/30/2007 4:45:21 PM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy
Edited on 10/30/2007 4:57:04 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
LOS ANGELES — Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, has died. He was 73.
The singer died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles hospital while awaiting a lung transplant, said a Goulet spokesman in an e-mail.
He had been awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being diagnosed with a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis in September.
Oh man, I’m depressed. I’ll always remember his rendition of ‘Jingle Bells...Batman Smells...” on the Simpsons.
And of course playing the voice of Wheezy at the end of “Toy Story.”
RIP Robert.
Please, no!
Funny piece of Longet trivia:
After the civil suit over the fatal shooting of her lover, the settlement required her to withdraw from circulation her recording of the old Sonny and Cher hit, "Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down".
All that crawling around on the ceiling at his advanced age surly accelerated his condition.
There are no joints in Utah with piano bars. Now if we go Steelhead fishing on the Klamath river, there’s this place on the way in Redding where back in 75, I did the Lords Prayer. It was a Sunday night of course and I made certain to tell the adoring crowd that there could be no applause as it was the Lord’s day.
Steve and Eydie are still married.
I guess I am getting old, but I really miss all those multi-talented entertainers and those great composers like Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, etc. They teamed up with many a great love song.
I remember that show and liking it as a kid. I tried to find it on Blockbuster with no luck. Do you remember what he said about Blue Light?
Brings back memories of Saturday nights watching Hollywood Palace.
RIP
Rest in peace.
Goulet is most famous for flubbing the lines to the Star Spangled Banner ( I don’t remember how) in Lewiston, Maine, in February, 1964 at the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston heavyweight title fight.
Yea . . . someone who could SING . . . from my era.
Yes, Blue Light, mid 60’s. I just remember some scene with him in a rowboat on a lake. The review the next day commented that his hair looked like patent leather.
An amazing singer.
I wonder what the king is doing tonight...
ROBERT GOULET's vocal talents illuminate every medium of the entertainment world. A Grammy, Tony and an Emmy winner, he is a legendary artist of striking power. His illustrious career has spun for over half a century and he is considered one of the greatest baritones of our times. Equally adept at picking up nuances of a Broadway musical, caressing the lyric of a romantic ballad or amplifying the excitement of a swinging melody, he has enriched the lives of music lovers worldwide. He took Broadway by storm and won the Theatre World Award with his debut as Sir Lancelot in the original Camelot (1960) also starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. Mr. Goulet achieved instant recognition as one of American theaters' most charismatic and talented musical stars. Since his Broadway debut Mr. Goulet has been on a remarkable journey.
A stage veteran his many credits include: Sunshine Town, Thunder Rock, The Optimist, Dreamgirls, Carousel, Finian's Rainbow, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Pajama Game, Beggars Opera, Bells Are Ringing, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Happy Time, I Do, I Do, On A Clear Day, Kiss Me Kate, The Fantasticks, South Pacific, Camelot (as King Arthur) Moon Over Buffalo, and Man Of La Mancha.
His numerous television appearances include his own series Blue Light, his specials An Hour with Robert Goulet, The Robert Goulet Special, The Bob Goulet Special-Staring Robert Goulet as well as The Name Of the Game, Police Story, Cannon, Dream Merchants, Fantasy Island, Make My Day, In the Heat Of The Night, The Simpson's (Radio Mercury Gold Award - Humor), Based On An Untrue Story, Burke's Law, Get Smart, ESPN College Basketball Campaigns, Disney's Recess, George and Leo, Just Shoot Me, Two Guys And A Girl, Nikki and My Favorite Broadway. He has recorded over 60 best-selling albums, and his film credits range from the animated feature film Gay Purr-ee co-starring the voice of Judy Garland to Honeymoon Hotel, I'd Rather Be Rich, I Deal In Danger, Underground, Atlantic City, Beetlejuice, Scrooged, Naked Gun 2 ½ , Mr. Wrong,, The Last Producer, G-Men From Hell and Toy Story II and Disney's animated feature Recess.
Mr. Goulet is a spokesman for the American Cancer Society and periodically gives lectures on Cancer Awareness, Prevention and Early Detection. He is a father of three children; sons Christopher and Michael, and daughter Nicolette, who is the mother of his grandchildren, Jordan Gerard and Solange. He married Macedonian-Yugoslavian-born Vera Chochorovska Novak in 1982. Vera runs their companies and is also his business manager. For more information on Mr. Goulet's career the Internet travelers can visit Mr. his website at www.robertgoulet.com .
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