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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Dick Williams
Singer; one of the four Williams Brothers (from which Andy became a successful solo artist) -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Formed in 1938, their most memorable hit was as backup to Bing Cosby on "Swinging on a Star." Their annual get-togethers on the mind-bendingly homey, wholesome, super-duper-Caucasian string of Andy Williams Christmas specials were permanently traumatizing.
