Robert Goulet in Critical Condition

Oct 23, 2007, 2:08 PM ET7 posts by 3 posters
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Willow Ufgood

The Curse?

Aaron Hirshberg↩ Willow Ufgood

His career is on the skids. He was reduced to performing in treehouses.

Mr. Museum

Jeßus↩ Aaron Hirshberg

[email] wrote:

It was probably all the asbestos in that treehouse that necessitates his lung transplant to begin with.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free - Goethe
Willow Ufgood↩ Willow Ufgood

Robert Goulet Dies

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/1403AP_Obit_Robert_Goulet.html

Last updated October 30, 2007 4:48 p.m. PT Singer Robert Goulet dies at 73

By DAISY NGUYEN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

LOS ANGELES -- Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, has died. He was 73.

The singer died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles hospital while awaiting a lung transplant, said Goulet spokesman Norm Johnson.

He had been awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being found last month to have a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis.

Goulet had remained in good spirits even as he waited for the transplant, said Vera Goulet, his wife of 25 years.

"Just watch my vocal cords," she said he told doctors before they inserted a breathing tube.

The Massachusetts-born Goulet, who spent much of his youth in Canada, gained stardom in 1960 with "Camelot," the Lerner and Loewe musical that starred Richard Burton as King Arthur and Julie Andrews as his Queen Guenevere.

Goulet played Sir Lancelot, the arrogant French knight who falls in love with Guenevere.

He became a hit with American TV viewers with appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other programs. Sullivan labeled him the "American baritone from Canada," where he had already been a popular star in the 1950s, hosting his own show called "General Electric's Showtime."

Aaron Hirshberg↩ Willow Ufgood

But his most famous performance was in that treehouse casino. He could take a punch better than Jerry Cooney. His rendition of "Jingle Bells" is a classic. Jim Nabors used to stand in for him sometimes.

"I'm from 'A' Casino."

Mr. Museum

Aaron Hirshberg↩ Willow Ufgood

Sorry, I forgot to footnote. It is this valuable source of information that makes my life worthwhile. And is the reason why I haven't been laid in three years.

http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F08.html

Mr. Museum