American singer Jane Morgan has died on the age of 101. She was an everyday on Broadway and greatest identified for her frequent TV appearances within the Nineteen Fifties and 60s, notably on The Ed Sullivan Present. She tied the knot with producer Jerry Weintraub in 1965 however separated within the Eighties, by no means divorced, after which acquired again collectively. Jane reportedly died of pure causes in Naples, Florida. Her household introduced her dying, stating, “Our beloved Jane handed away peacefully in her sleep.”
The singer was identified for her numerous credit on reveals from the Golden Age of the Nineteen Fifties, and she or he is believed to carry the document for feminine singers showing on The Ed Sullivan Present: 50 occasions in whole. On Broadway, she was additionally a legend, showing in Ziegfeld Follies in 1957, The Jack Benny Present (1963), and within the title position of Mame in 1968.
Considered one of her signature tunes was Fascination which she launched in 1957. It went to the Prime 10 and was featured within the Gary Cooper-Audrey Hepburn film Love within the Afternoon.
The music has additionally been used within the soundtracks of Diner, The Subsequent Karate Child, Name the Midwife, and Fallout. She had different hit singles akin to “With Open Arms,” “To Love and Be Liked,” and “Blue Hawaii.”
In 1962, she discovered a brand new supervisor named Jerry Weintraub, who would later grow to be one of many largest music managers on the earth with shoppers akin to Elvis Presley and John Denver.
Jane married Morgan in 1965, the place she turned a stepmother to his son, Michael. The pair additionally added three adopted daughters to their household: Julie, Jamie and Jody.
The American singer obtained a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in 2011. She is survived by her son Michael Weintraub, and daughters Jamie and Jody, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Jerry died in 2015 aged 77.
Tributes have begun flooding in for the star, with one writing on X: “#RIP Jane Morgan. The elegant singer dazzled audiences in Paris nightclubs and on nearly each TV selection present of her period and had a success document with the beautiful normal “Fascination.” None apart from Johnny Mathis stated she had the “voice of a goddess.”
One other penned: “Jane Morgan, the famend American singer whose fascinating performances graced Paris nightclubs and the Oscars, has handed away at 101 in Florida, abandoning a legacy of easy melodies and worldwide acclaim that formed the mid-Twentieth-century music scene.”
