Connie Francis, 'pretty Little Baby' Singer, Dead At 87

Connie Francis, known for philharmonic hits specified arsenic "Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool" and "Pretty Little Baby," has died. She was 87. 

Ron Roberts, nan president of Francis' grounds explanation Concetta Records, first shared nan news connected nan artist's charismatic Facebook page connected Thursday. 

"It is pinch a dense bosom and utmost sadness that I pass you of nan passing of my beloved friend Connie Francis past night." 

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Connie Francis has died. She was 87. (Getty Images)

"I cognize that Connie would o.k. that her fans are among nan first to study of this sad news. More specifications will travel later," nan connection concluded. 

Earlier this month, Francis revealed she had been hospitalized for "extreme pain."

"I americium backmost successful infirmary wherever I person been undergoing tests and checks to find nan cause(s) of nan utmost symptom I person been experiencing," she wrote connected Facebook. "I americium pleased to counsel that pursuing a bid of tests and examinations successful Intensive Care, I person now been transferred to a backstage room."

Two days later, she informed her fans that she was "feeling overmuch amended aft a bully night," Her past station was connected July 4. 

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Connie Francis, pictured present successful June 2025, informed fans that she had been admitted to nan infirmary earlier this month.  (Getty Images)

Francis, who first recovered fame and occurrence successful nan 1950s, was champion known for deed singles specified arsenic "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own," "Where nan Boys Are," "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" and more. 

In 2018, Francis opened up astir nan communicative down 1 of her biggest hits, "Who’s Sorry Now?".

"My begetter wanted maine to grounds that opus for a twelvemonth and a half and I turned him down," she told Fox News Digital. "It was a quadrate song, it was written during nan 1920s, and nan kids connected ‘American Bandstand’ would laughter maine correct retired of nan show. He said, 'If you don’t singing this song, sister, nan only measurement you’ll get connected 'American Bandstand' is if you beryllium connected apical of nan tv set.' So I did it arsenic nan past song."

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Connie Francis faced a number of individual tragedies passim her life.  (Getty Images)

"I stretched nan different songs earlier I sewage to ‘Who’s Sorry Now’ truthful location wouldn’t beryllium time," she continued. "But location were 16 minutes left. My begetter said, ‘If I person to nail you to that microphone, you’re gonna do "Who’s Sorry Now."’ So I did it. I didn’t for illustration it… I retrieve that grounds had been retired for 3 months and it went nowhere... But Dick Clark liked it… It was a cosmic infinitesimal for me. It’s a infinitesimal I’ll ne'er forget. Because I knew successful 5 seconds my life would ne'er beryllium nan same. And it wasn’t. It was a happy shock."

Francis faced a number of personal challenges passim her life, including a termination effort successful 1984, surviving rape successful 1974 and family turmoil. 

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"To make a short communicative long, successful nan ’80s, I was involuntarily committed to intelligence institutions 17 times successful 9 years successful 5 different states," she told nan Village Voice successful 2011. "I was misdiagnosed arsenic bipolar, ADD, ADHD, and a fewer different letters nan technological organization had ne'er heard of. A fewer years later, I was discovered to person had post-traumatic accent upset pursuing a horrendous drawstring of events successful my life."

Francis was joined 4 times and is survived by a son, Joseph Garzilli Jr.