Singer Andy Williams dies at age 84 after battling cancer
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Singer Andy Williams performing at a concert at Singapore lndoor Stadium on 23 July 2004. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
(REUTERS) - Crooner Andy Williams has died at age 84 at his home in Branson, Missouri, his family said on Wednesday.
Williams, who had been suffering from bladder cancer for a year, died on Tuesday evening, his family said in a statement.
Known for his hit renditions of Moon River and Born Free, Williams hosted The Andy Williams Show on NBC for nearly a decade. The show then became an annual Christmas special.
Williams became entangled in a scandal when his ex-wife Claudine Longet was accused in 1976 of fatally shooting her lover, ski racer Mr Spider Sabich.
