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What was the cause of death for Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers?

I had heard that Bobby Hatfield was found dead in his Kalamazoo hotel room a half hour before their final concert. Seems I'd heard he was feeling poorly, and wanted to lay down, lending credence to a heart attack theory.

But now I'm not sure. Was there ever a definitive word?

And why does his former partner Medely not continue singing duets with other performers? He was SO good in Dirty Dancing.

O my captain asked in Other Arts & Music about 1 year ago | Report

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    Heart attack precipitated by an OD of demon cocaine according to Wikipedia.

    One of the greatest rock tenors ever. Much of his singing on You Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - particularly those high PLEASEs - were ad-libbed. A great artist.

    Bill Medley made enough dough to retire very comfortably after all the RB hits and especially after the duet with Jennifer Warnes. Besides, who'd want to try and fill Bobby Hatfield's shoes. Not I.

    I'm thinking that he just got too old for it and didn't want to try being a solo act on the Vegas/club circuit.

    Bauhaus answered in Other Arts & Music about 1 year ago | Report
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