Robert Goulet dies waiting for lung transplant

Baritone Robert Goulet has died awaiting a lung transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the Associated Press is reporting.

The award-winning singer, diagnosed last month with a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis, was 73.

Goulet was born in 1933 to French-Canadian parents in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

However, his family moved with him to Canada when he was 13.

Robert Goulet was given a star on Canada's Walk of Fame last year and was seeking Canadian citizenship at the time of his death.

The following is from his official website biography:

************************* Robert Goulet’s vocal talents illuminate every medium of the entertainment world.

A Grammy, Tony and an Emmy winner, he is a legendary artist of striking power.

His illustrious career has spun for over half a century and he is considered one of the greatest baritones of our times.

Equally adept at picking up nuances of a Broadway musical, caressing the lyric of a romantic ballad or amplifying the excitement of a swinging melody, he has enriched the lives of music lovers worldwide.

He took Broadway by storm and won the Theatre World Award with his debut as Sir Lancelot in the original Camelot (1960) also starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews.

Mr. Goulet achieved instant recognition as one of American theaters’ most charismatic and talented musical stars.

Since his Broadway debut Mr. Goulet has been on a remarkable journey.

A stage veteran his many credits include: Sunshine Town, Thunder Rock, The Optimist, Dreamgirl, Carousel, Finian’s Rainbow, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Pajama Game, Beggars Opera, Bells Are Ringing, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Happy Time, I Do, I Do, On A Clear Day, Kiss Me Kate, The Fantasticks, South Pacific, Camelot (as King Arthur), Moon Over Buffalo, Man Of La Mancha, and La Cage aux Folles.

His numerous television appearances include his own series Blue Light, his specials An Hour with Robert Goulet, The Robert Goulet Special, The Bob Goulet Special-Starring Robert Goulet as well as The Name Of the Game, Police Story, Cannon, Dream Merchants, Fantasy Island, Make My Day, In the Heat Of The Night, The Simpson’s (Radio Mercury Gold Award - Humor), Based On An Untrue Story, Burke’s Law, Get Smart, ESPN College Basketball Campaigns, Disney’s Recess, George and Leo, Just Shoot Me, Two Guys And A Girl, Nikki and My Favorite Broadway, Las Vegas, King Of Queens, Emerald Nuts 2007 Super Bowl commercial, My Music PBS.

He has recorded over 60 best-selling albums, and his film credits range from the animated feature film Gay Purr-ee co-starring the voice of Judy Garland to Honeymoon Hotel, I'd Rather Be Rich, I Deal In Danger, Underground, Atlantic City, Beetlejuice, Scrooged, Naked Gun 2½, Mr. Wrong, Toy Story II, Disney’s animated feature Recess, G-Men From Hell, The Last Producer with Burt Reynolds and Everything Is Illuminated (voice).

Mr. Goulet is a spokesman for the American Cancer Society and periodically gives lectures on cancer awareness, prevention and early detection.

He is a father of three children; sons Christopher and Michael, and daughter Nicolette, who is the mother of his grandchildren, Jordan Gerard and Solange.

He married Macedonian-born Vera Chochorovska Novak in 1982.

Vera runs their companies and is also his business manager.

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