Andy Williams, Moon River singer, dies aged 84
26 September 2012
Singer Andy Williams, 84, has died at his home in Branson, Missouri, a year after being diagnosed with bladder cancer.
He was best known for the song Moon River, the Oscar-winning song featured in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's.
In 1962, he started The Andy Williams Show, which was broadcast around the world and went on to win three Emmys.
Since the 1990s, he had run the Andy Williams Moon River Theater in his home town.
The singer was one of the most enduring stars of the 1960s and '70s, whose easy style and mellow voice led President Ronald Reagan to call him "a national treasure".
A new generation discovered Williams' music when Music to Watch Girls Go By made the Top 10 in 1999 after being used in an advert.
Andy Williams, pictured in 2009 Williams started singing professionally with his three brothers
He described Moon River as his "signature song" which had a "wonderful" melody and "timeless" lyrics.
"I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn't sound like anybody else. It just happened," said Williams.
"I was very lucky that I had a voice that sounded different to almost anybody else's and it's recognisable."
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