By ANI
WASHINGTON: Grammy-winning singer B.J. Thomas, the well-known crooner behind hits like ‘Hooked on a Feeling’, has handed away on the age of 78 after battling with stage 4 lung most cancers with which he had been recognized in March.
The singer’s administration workforce shared the information of his demise on his Twitter deal with and knowledgeable that Thomas died on Saturday (native time) of problems from stage 4 lung most cancers with which he had been recognized in March. He had been receiving therapy at a Texas hospital and was looking forward to a restoration.
TMZ reported that Thomas died at his house in Arlington.
The pop star is greatest recognized for singing the basic ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’ which was featured in ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’, profitable an Oscar for Best Original Song. It was additionally nominated for a Grammy award in 1970 within the class of Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ additionally made him win The Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2014.
The 5 occasions Grammy-winner offered over 70 million albums worldwide, with eight primary hits and quite a few prime ten singles on the nation, pop and Christian charts.
Among his hits had been the 1966 cowl of Hank Williams’ ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry’– which was launched by Skepter Records and have become Thomas’s first million-selling single. He went on to have extra success with songs like ‘Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song’, ‘Rock and Roll Lullaby’, ‘I Just Can’t Help Believing’, ‘Don’t Worry Baby’, ‘Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love’, and extra.
Thomas additionally authored two books together with the autobiography ‘Home Where I Belong’, and starred within the films ‘Jory’ and ‘Jake’s Corner’. (ANI)
