Actor-singer Robert Goulet died Tuesday (Oct. 30) morning while waiting for a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Goulet had been suffering from interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, reportedly a rare lung disease. He was 73.
Born on Nov. 26, 1933, in Lawrence, Mass., Goulet spent much of his youth in Canada. He became a stage star in 1960, after playing Sir Lancelot in the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical Camelot on Broadway. His co-stars were Richard Burton as King Arthur and Julie Andrews as Guenevere.
In the ensuing decades, in addition to numerous television and Las Vegas appearances, Goulet could be seen in several motion pictures. Among those were the 1964 comedies I'd Rather Be Rich (1964), playing opposite Sandra Dee in this poorly received remake of Preston Sturges' 1941 classic The Lady Eve, and Honeymoon Hotel (1964), with Nancy Kwan.
Goulet's film career, however, never quite took off. (When Camelot was made into a movie in 1967, none of the three original leads were used. Burton was replaced by Richard Harris, Andrews by Vanessa Redgrave, and Goulet by Franco Nero.)
More recent Goulet film fare include The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); Toy Story 2 (1999), in which he provided the voice for Wheezy the Penguin; and Burt Reynolds' The Last Producer (2000).
Goulet won a Grammy in 1962 for his first two albums, "Always You" and "Two of Us." Six years later, he received a Tony for his performance in the musical The Happy Time.
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Such a talented handsome man!!
You're very much missed, dear one.