Steve Lawrence: Last News

“The Tonight Show” once Johnny Carson took over in 1962 through the end of his run 30 years later.Lawrence was a top-selling recording artist with hits including “Go Away Little Girl,” which reached No. 1 on the US charts and was awarded a gold record, “Party Doll,” “Footsteps,” “Pretty Blue Eyes,” “I’ve Gotta Be Me” and “Portrait of My Love.”Over the course of their long career, Lawrence and Gormé won a Grammy (for their 1960 album “We Got Us”) and an Emmy in 1979 for “Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin.”Lawrence also snared a Tony nomination in 1964 for his role as Sammy Glick in “What Makes Sammy Run.”Lawrence hosted “The Steve Lawrence Show” in 1965 — which ran for 13 weeks on CBS — and was a regular panelist on “What’s My Line?”He also appeared many times on “The Carol Burnett Show” (solo and with Gormé) and in dozens of episodic TV shows through the years including “Hot in Cleveland, “Night Gallery,” “CSI,” “Diagnosis: Murder,” “Frasier” and “Sanford and Son.”He also appeared on the big screen in “The Blues Brothers” and its sequel, “Blues Brothers 2000” and “Stand Up and Be Counted.”Later in his career, Lawrence played Morty Fine, the father of Fran Fine (Fran Drescher), on “The Nanny” in the CBS series’ final season.Lawrence went public with his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2019 and issued a statement that said, “I have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and it’s in the early stages.“I am being treated with medications under the supervision of some of the finest doctors in the field.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Steve Lawrence, a king among easy-listening crooners who rocketed to fame in the ’50s and ’60s as half of the duo Steve and Eydie, died Thursday at age 88. Lawrence died at home in Los Angeles, and the cause of death was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a spokesperson for the family, Susan DuBow. Lawrence’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis had finally put an end to his touring career in 2019, after a run in the public eye that spanned six and a half decades.

Steve Lawrence, the singer who teamed with his wife Eydie Gormé to form one of the most popular nightclub and concert duos of their generation, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease today. He was 88.

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People, he stands firm by saying that he has never once uttered a curse word in his entire life.He credits his swear-free lifestyle to his father. Donny says he’s never sworn because he never once heard his father swear.

Eddie Murphy looked back on meeting a painfully shy Michael Jackson at the home of Rat Pack icon Sammy Davis Jr.The 61-year-old comic and movie star was dashing as ever Wednesday when he swung by Jimmy Kimmel Live! in a sleek all-black ensemble.During his talk-show appearance, he recalled that Michael was once so nervous around the other celebrity guests at Sammy's house that he shrank behind a door. Collaborators: Eddie Murphy looked back on meeting a painfully shy Michael Jackson in the 1980s; the pair are pictured in their 1993 Whatzupwitu music video Looking back: Michael then beckoned Eddie to join him in his hiding spot, where the befuddled comedian asked: 'What the f***, yo?'Back in the 1980s, Sammy would apparently throw movie nights at home on Tuesdays, including one where he exhibited the classic 1985 comedy Cocoon.Eddie, having become a superstar on Saturday Night Live, was among the glittering array of boldface names invited to the soirees.