Croon River

The crooner Andy Williams has died at 84.  He was a big part of my childhood, sometimes on the charts with easy listening numbers and constantly on TV, and known for his family and his sweaters and later his golf tourneys.  Fun fact: Was married to ex-showgirl Claudine Longer who later got away with killing boyfriend Spider Sabich (she served 30 days in jail).  Fun quote from Andy in 2009:   “Obama is following Marxist theory,” he told The Radio Times, a British magazine. “He’s taken over the banks and the car industry. He wants the country to fail.”