Actor-Singer Steve Lawrence, One-Half of Steve and Eydie, Dead at 88
Steve Lawrence, the Fifties and Sixties crooner, actor, and comedian who teamed with his wife Eydie Gormé to form the duo Steve and Eydie, has died at the age of 88.
Lawrence died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles from complications from Alzheimer’s disease, a spokesperson for the family told Variety; Lawrence was forced to retire from touring after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2019.
“My Dad was an inspiration to so many people,” his son David Lawrence said in a statement. “But, to me, he was just…