Thursday, April 24, 2008

Joe Feeney Dead at 76


Joe Feeney, the Irish tenor who performed with Lawrence Welk, has died at the age of 76 of emphysema. He performed on the Welk show from 1957 to 1982.

My grandmother absolutely adored him. When I was a kid, I would giggle and scoff at the corny show, but she demanded silence and respect when Mr. Feeney performed. "He's raised 8 children with that voice" she would remind me.

Read more at Konagod.

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