Robin McNamara Dies: Star Of Broadway’s ‘Hair’, One-Hit-Wonder With ‘Lay a Little Lovin’ On Me’ Was 74

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Robin McNamara, a struggling New York singer-songwriting in the late 1960s who answered a casting call for a new show called Hair and landed a starring role with the replacement cast on Broadway, died Oct.

21. He was 74.His death was announced today on his official website, though additional details were sparse.“On October 21, 2021, Robin McNamara gained his angel wings,” a statement on the page says. “This gentlest of gentle souls was predeceased by his loving wife, Suzie, who departed the earthly plane on May 16, 2018.

Robin and Suzie are now reunited for all eternity. Robin will be greatly missed, for his talent but especially for his kind and loving spirit.”In addition to his run as Hair‘s Claude from 1969 through 1971 (he replaced the