Original Village People lead singer, Victor Willis, 74, has died after a "short but aggressive illness" in the words of his band. Willis was once married to actress Phylicia Rashad. Willis sang for Village People during the years when they had their greatest hits, the late 1970s.
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Texas-born Willis was a co-founder and the original lead singer for the band, whose hit singles included “Y.M.C.A.,” “Go West” and “In the Navy.”
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Willis left the group in 1979 in hope of embarking on a solo career before he re-formed the flamboyant disco band in 2017, leading to disputes with some of his former bandmates.
“Y.M.C.A.,” the catchy 1978 song for which Willis often dressed up as a cop, had a resurgence in popularity after Trump began dancing to it at the end of his campaign rallies in 2020.
Willis said he got thousands of complaints about the use of the song at Trump’s events and had decided to ask him “to stop using Y.M.C.A. because his use had become a nuisance to me.”
Trump has that affect on people.
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Actor Tom Ligon, 85, has died.
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Thomas Bryant Ligon was born in New Orleans on Sept. 10, 1940. His father, Walter, was a U.S. Army colonel who later worked for the Defense Department.
Ligon attended St. Albans School in Washington and then Yale University, where he starred as Kilroy in Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real and reportedly got the attention of the playwright.
He graduated from college as an English major in 1962 and pursued acting in New York, where he shared a $25-a-month sublet in the Village with another young actor, Sam Waterston.
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Actor Michael Byrne has died at the age of 82.
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Byrne died June 20, according to The Guardian. A cause of death was not disclosed. USA TODAY has reached out to his representatives for comment.
Over a career that spanned six decades, London-born Byrne played supporting roles in a string of box office hits, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "Braveheart."
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