The Eclectic's Corner: About the Arts

Connie Francis R.I.P.

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Jeffrey Sultanof
Jul 18, 2025
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Connie Francis, one of the biggest singing stars of the 1950s and 1960s, has just passed. She was in very bad health due to a fracture, and was in a wheelchair toward the end of her life.

She performed in talent shows and was ‘encouraged’ by her controlling stage father. She appeared on “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” at the age of thirteen (Godfrey has…

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