Benny Mardones, the musician best known for his 1980 smash hit “Into the Night,” has died after a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.
He was 73. The singer’s death was confirmed to Billboard by longtime friend and record producer Joel Diamond, who noted he died at his home in Menifee, Calif.
He reportedly had been in an assisted-living facility since April until earlier this month when he reunited with his wife, Jane, at their home, where he remained in hospice care.
A Twitter account for Diamond noted that Mardones died with Jane by his side. Variety reports that he was a native of Cleveland and grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore.
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