Singer Eddie Fisher dead
Eddie Fisher, one of the most popular singers of the 1950′s who made headlines with marriages to — and divorces from — some of the most famous Hollywood starlets of that era, has died. He was 82. Fisher died Wednesday at his home in Berkeley of complications from hip surgery, his daughter Tricia Leigh Fisher told the Associated Press. Between 1950 and 1956, Fisher recorded dozens of songs that made the top 40 and four that reached Number 1 on the pop charts.
- Eddie Fisher.
One of the most popular singers of the 1950s, Eddie Fisher, has died.
Fisher died of complications from hip surgery – said Michael J. Wilkie, a publicist for his daughter Carrie Fisher.
He died Wednesday at his home in Berkeley, California, the publicist said in an e-mail to CNN Radio.
Although Fisher sold millions of records and had his own television show, his biggest claim to fame may be his high-profile marriages to Hollywood starlets Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens – all of which ended in divorce.
He had two more marriages after that.
Singer Eddie Fisher – a teen idol in the 1950′s who sparked an international scandal when he left his wife Debbie Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor.
Fisher died in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday due to complications and a decline in health from recent hip surgery, his family said in a statement on Thursday.
“He was loved and will be missed by his four children: Carrie, Todd, Joely, and Tricia Leigh as well as his six grandchildren. He was an extraordinary talent and a true mensch,” said the statement, using the Yiddish word for a decent, admirable person.
His actress daughter Carrie Fisher highlighted his ailing health earlier this year when she wrote Twitter messages saying her father, who was confined to a wheelchair, was ‘kind of losing it’ with confusion over his whereabouts and friends.
Eddie Fisher started as a nightclub singer and was a chart-topping teen idol in the early 1950s with songs like ‘Thinking of You’ and ‘Oh! My Pa-Pa.’ Legions of adoring female fans sometimes turned his appearances into mob scenes.