Robert Goulet Dies

[Parche]

Entertainer Robert Goulet dies at 73
Story Highlights
Robert Goulet had been awaiting a lung transplant

The singer gained stardom in 1960 with "Camelot"

Goulet appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other programs

The Massachusetts native won Emmy, Tony and Grammy awards
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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 Goulet spokesman Norm Johnson.

He had been awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being found last month to have a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis.

Goulet had remained in good spirits even as he waited for the transplant, said Vera Goulet, his wife of 25 years. Watch one of Goulet's recent performances »

"Just watch my vocal cords," she said he told doctors before they inserted a breathing tube.

The Massachusetts-born Goulet, who spent much of his youth in Canada, gained stardom in 1960 with "Camelot," the Lerner and Loewe musical that starred Richard Burton as King Arthur and Julie Andrews as his Queen Guenevere.

Goulet played Sir Lancelot, the arrogant French knight who falls in love with Guenevere.

He became a hit with American TV viewers with appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other programs. Sullivan labeled him the "American baritone from Canada," where he had already been a popular star in the 1950s, hosting his own show called "General Electric's Showtime."

[MorningGlow]

1. My uncle just died of the same illness

In July. I wouldn't wish that on ANYbody--basically the patient suffocates...very slowly. Hope Bob is now at peace after a wonderful life.

[raccoon]

2. RIP, Robert. He had a great voice. nt

[QueenOfCalifornia]

3. Dear Parche,

I love RG - His latest ads for Emerald Nuts.. where he is crawling on the ceiling and wrecking stuff in an office is hilarious.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2819731/collection/18373/minisite/superbowl

I will miss him.

[CookCountyResident]

4. What a golden voice.......

I could listen to him for hours and have done so, wearing out the grooves to my copy of the original Camelot Broadway Cast album when I was a kid in the 60's. I'm old enough to remember seeing him on What's My Line? and other shows back then just when he was starting to really hit the big time.

Truly a kind, funny, funny man and he had a huge singing talent in the days when it really counted for something. In fact he just did an hour 1/2 long one-man show in Syracuse NY just last month. If he was suffering from this ailment then, it's a testimonial to his level of professionalism that is sadly lacking amongst many of the young "diva" prima donnas in the music industry today.