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Volare singer Bobby Rydell, the teen idol who also starred in Bye Bye Birdie, is dead at 79
Bobby Rydell, the popular teen heartthrob singer who rose to fame in the 1950s and '60s, has died at 79.The singer died Tuesday of pneumonia, Variety reports.Rydell's biggest musical success came in 1960 with the release of his singles Volare and Wild One, though he would also branch out into acting as his career progressed. Last bow:Bobby Rydell, the popular teen heartthrob singer who rose to fame in the 1950s and '60s, has died at 79; seen in 2013 in Coconut Grove, FloridaThe singer, who was bornRobert Louis Ridarelli in Philadelphia in 1942, got his big break when he was still a child in 1950 after he won a contest put on by jazz bandleader Paul Whiteman.He appeared on Whiteman's TV Teen Club talent show for multiple years and eventually changed his name to Bobby Rydell.